Dhaka, Dec. 12 -- Sharif Osman bin Hadi, the independent candidate for Dhaka-8 and convener of the Inqilab Mancha platform who has been shot, previously said he was receiving death threats.

Hadi was shot in Bijoynagar in Dhaka after Friday prayers. He was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for treatment.

In a Facebook post last November, Hadi wrote that he had been threatened from around 30 foreign phone numbers.

In the post, published late on Nov 13, he blamed the Awami League and wrote: "In the last three hours, Awami League's killers have made at least 30 calls and sent texts to my number from foreign numbers. The summary is this: I am under constant surveillance. They will set fire to my house. They will rape my mother, sister...