The Election Commission (EC) said on Monday that Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin has taken the terrorist attack on Sharif Osman Hadi, spokesperson of Inqilab Moncho and an independent aspirant from the Dhaka-8 constituency, seriously and instructed relevant agencies to take firm and immediate measures to bring the perpetrators under the law.

The EC made the statement in response to a ‘news’ circulating in various media outlets and social media, citing the CEC’s remarks he made while inaugurating a Youth Voter Festival in the city’s Gulshan area in the morning.

According to the commission, the CEC has taken the attack on Hadi into consideration with utmost importance. As part of it, an emergency meeting was held on Sunday at 4pm with top officials of law enforcement agencies, during which the CEC directed strict measures to ensure the attacker is brought to justice swiftly and instructed steps to prevent such incidents in the future.

The CEC also emphasised that the terrorist attack on Hadi will not affect the upcoming elections.

The Election Commission hoped the clarification would end any misunderstanding regarding the CEC’s earlier statement.