Journalists protest attack on fellows

Journalists in Tangail demonstrated in Bhuapur upazila yesterday, protesting an incident at Govindasi area where four local journalists were attacked by gamblers.

At 11am, reporters  from various print and electronic media brought out a procession from  Bhuapur Press Club. The procession moved through different streets in  the municipal town.    

Later, they formed a human chain at Thana  Intersection area for an hour. Speakers at the human chain strongly  condemned the attack and demanded immediate arrest of the attackers.    

They  also gave a 48-hour ultimatum to the administration for arresting the  culprits, including main culprit Fazal Mondol, general secretary of  Govindasi Union Truckers Association. They threatened tougher agitations  if the ultimatum is not met.

Among others, Shah Alam Pramanik, president of Bhuapur Press Club spoke at the human chain.

On  Thursday afternoon, gamblers attacked four journalists at Govindasi  area in Bhuapur when they went there to cover a news on gambling.

The  injured journalists are: Sohel Talukder, Tangail correspondent of  private television channel DBC; Ashikur Rahman, camera person of DBC;  Ovijit Ghosh, Bhuapur upazila correspondent of Daily Ittefaq; and  Mohaimenul Islam, local correspondent of Daily Ekusher Bani. Two of them  were injured seriously.

In this regard, Sohel Talukder  filed a case with Bhuapur Police Station on the same night, accusing  eight people by name and 30 others as unidentified.

Rashidul  Islam, officer-in-charge of Bhuapur Police Station, said police have  arrested three of the accused--Samad, Salam and Ramjan--on Thursday  night. “Drives are going on at different places to arrest the other  accused of the case,” he added.