Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- People from different walks of life, including students, have participated in the funeral prayer in absentia held for Inqilab Moncho Convenor Sharif Osman bin Hadi in Chattogram.

The biggest funeral was held at the city's Laldighi field on Saturday, where several thousand people took part.

Later, a protest rally was held which ended at the New Market intersection.

Another organisation named the Anti-Fascist Squad held a funeral procession outside the Chattogram Press Club in the afternoon.

In the evening, the National Citizen Party (NCP), Jubo Shakti, Sromik Shakti, and Chhatra Shakti held a torchlight procession outside the city's Biplob Udyan to "protest the murder of Sharif Osman Hadi, a pioneer of anti-Indian agg...