Dhaka, Dec. 13 -- The shooting of Dhaka-8 aspiring independent candidate and Inqilab Moncho spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi - less than 24 hours after the announcement of the national election schedule - has triggered a wave of alarm across Bangladesh's political spectrum, deepening fears that destabilising forces are attempting to derail the February polls.
Hadi, who was shot in the head by unidentified assailants at Bijoynagar's Box Culvert Road on Friday afternoon, is now fighting for his life in Evercare Hospital in the city.
Police have termed the attack a "target killing," warning that a group intent on creating an anarchic pre-election atmosphere may be behind it.
Shafiqul Islam, chief of the Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan ...