Journo faces 'crossfire threat'
A local journalist received 'threat of crossfire' from a member of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Birganj upazila yesterday.
The victim, Md Abdur Razzak, 47, is son of Abdul Zabbar of Sujalpur area under Birganj municipality and editor of Birganj Protidin, an online news portal.
He is also the upazila correspondent of Bangla daily Jai Jai Din and a news collector of private television channel Ekattor.
Razzak said a team of Rab-5 consisting of six members in a microbus approached him when he was covering the upazila parishad election in Birganj.
Replying to a query from a Rab member, Razzak said he was covering the election as a journalist.
But the Rab member hit him thrice and asked him to leave the polling centre, threatening him with crossfire, said Razzak.
The elite force also abused him verbally, he said.
The journalist then informed Additional Superintendent of Police Md Salauddin about the matter over phone. Immediate after the phone call, the microbus carrying the Rab men left the spot while Razzak returned home amid fear.
Afterwards, a police team came to the journalist's home and took him to Birganj Upazila Health Complex where he received primary treatment.
The team of Rab-5 came from Rajshahi, said Major Sohel Rana Prince, commanding officer of Dinajpur Rab.
He visited the spot and regretted for the incident.
Action will be taken against the accused Rab member after investigation, said Major Prince.
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