Published: 12:11 AM, 04 June 2026
Amit Shah asked to me to keep quiet over Hadi murder: Mamata
Nearly a month after losing power to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has claimed that Amit Shah had asked her to remain silent regarding the arrest in West Bengal of suspects linked to a major murder case in Bangladesh the previous year.
She made the allegation on Tuesday while addressing a protest sit-in at the Y-Channel area of Dharmatala in Kolkata, where she sharply criticized the BJP governments at both the state and central levels.
A video of her remarks was circulated by several media outlets in West Bengal.
Referring to the murder of Inqilab Mancha convener Sharif Osman Hadi, Mamata said:
"A major murderer from Bangladesh was arrested by the STF of the state police, and there was a huge movement in Bangladesh over the issue. I am not talking about another country, nor do I have the right to do so. But what I want to say is that those killers entered West Bengal through the Meghalaya border. After they arrived in Bengal, our STF arrested them. That was their achievement.
"But then Union Home Minister Amit Shah personally called me and told me to instruct the state police not to let the matter become public because it concerned the country. Who had arranged the murder? Whose names had surfaced? Even though the government has changed today, I know everything.
"My heart is a repository of words and information. I remained silent for so long. But today, because the oppression has crossed all limits, I have been compelled to speak. I do not want to reveal that name. If I do, Bangladesh will erupt in turmoil. I love Bangladesh. In the interest of the country, I will not disclose that name."
Although Mamata did not explicitly identify the victim of the major murder case in Bangladesh, the sequence of events she described suggests she was referring to the killing of Inqilab Mancha spokesperson Osman Hadi in Dhaka in December 2025.
The day after Bangladesh's parliamentary election schedule was announced, on December 12, Hadi was shot in front of the Bijoy Nagar Water Tank area in Dhaka. He later died on December 18 while undergoing treatment in Singapore, triggering protests and incidents of violence across Bangladesh.
At that time, demonstrations and clashes took place in front of the Indian High Commission and Assistant High Commissions in Bangladesh, as well as in front of Bangladesh's High Commission and Deputy High Commissions in India.
Sixteen days after Hadi was shot, on December 28, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) claimed that the prime suspect in the murder case, Faisal Karim, along with his associate and motorcycle rider Alamgir Hossain, was staying in Meghalaya, India. The DMP also said that two Indian facilitators had been arrested. However, Indian authorities did not acknowledge the arrests at that time.
Later, on March 8, Indian police confirmed the arrests of the two principal suspects, Faisal Karim and Alamgir. They have remained in custody in India ever since.
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