Dhaka, Dec. 14 -- The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has strengthened security measures in the border areas of Sherpur and Mymensingh following the shooting of Sharif Osman bin Hadi, a potential independent candidate for the Dhaka-8 constituency and convenor of Inqilab Mancha.

The information was disclosed in a press release issued on Saturday afternoon by Lt Col Mehedi Hasan, commander of the Mymensingh BGB-39 Battalion.

Hadi was shot in front of the Bijoynagar water tank in the capital on Friday afternoon.

According to police and witness accounts, he was travelling in a moving rickshaw when an assailant sitting on the back of a motorcycle opened fire, with the bullet hitting him in the head.

He is currently undergoing treatment at Ev...