Board Chairman Idris Ali called senior reporter of The New Age Siddiqur Rahman Khan and staff reporter of The Daily Janakantha Mostaq Ahmed over telephone and asked them to publish rejoinders of news carried in the dailies.

When the reporters told the chairman to send written rejoinder, he said it would not require.

Later, the chairman, along with others, started beating them. They also snatched the reporters' mobile phone sets and identity cards and confined them to a nearby Ansar camp.

Hearing the news, a number of newsmen from different print and electronic media rushed to the spot and rescued the two injured journalists with the help of Rapid Action Battalion and police.

When the newsmen asked the chairmen about the injuries of their colleagues, he claimed that both of them got hurt as they hit a door. Idris kept mum when asked about the reporters' torn dresses.

Mostaq Ahmed lodged a criminal case against the chairman, Mohammad Shajahan, secretary of the board, Mamun-ur-Rashid, private secretary to the chairman, Barek Hossain, an employee of the board, and Asadul, an on-duty Ansar at the board office, police said.

Education Ministry formed a one-member probe body with joint secretary (technical and madrasa) Humayun Khalid and asked them to submit report by today.