BCL man sued for beating newsman
A local journalist was beaten yesterday allegedly as a sequel to publication of a report on the arrest of a Chhatra League leader with drug.
The victim Faruk Ahmed, Bancharampur upazila correspondent of the daily Manabkantho, filed a written complaint with Bancharampur Model Police Station regarding the matter.
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested Md Rasel, organising secretary of Ruposhdi union unit Chhatra League and his five cohorts with drugs, and the Manabkantho ran a report on it in the August 20 issue.
As a sequel to publishing the news item, a group of people led by Md Alauddin, general secretary of Brahmanbaria’s Bancharampur upazila Chhatra League, attacked Faruk at Protapganj Bazar of the upazila and injured him severely, Faruk mentioned in the written complaint.
The attackers also broke his camera, he added.
Faruk told The Daily Star that a team of Rab-14 Bhairab camp on early Monday detained Ruposhdi union Chhatra League leader Md Rasel and his five cohorts with 65 bottles of wine from Ruposhdi village.
“Rab provided this news to us through email and it was published by the Manabkantho. I was attacked for publishing the report,” he said.
Contacted, Chhatra League leader Md Alauddin said, “We have no knowledge of occurrence of this type of attack on anyone.”
Salahuddin Chowdhury, officer in charge of Bancharampur Model Police Station, said necessary legal action will be taken after investigating the written complaint.
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