Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ), Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) and Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) yesterday protested a case filed against journalist Mufdi Ahmed by Japan Garden City Ltd Director Asaduzzaman Jamil.

Journalists demanded immediate withdrawal of the “false” case.

In a joint statement, BFUJ and DUJ said harassing a journalist by filing a case is a move against the independence of the media.

Such an act poses a threat to healthy journalism, it said.

Mufdi Ahmed, director of news of Natun Somoy TV, told The Daily Star that Jamil filed the case with a Dhaka court on October 15 accusing him of threatening the former after the journalist queried him about an assault on an engineer in the city's Japan Garden City residential area.