Bring culprits to book, journos' memo to PM
Patuakhali journalists yesterday submitted memorandum to the prime minister, the home minister and the information minister through Patuakhali deputy commissioner demanding immediate arrest of the attackers on journalists in Galachipa on September 9.
They also demanded removal of the officer-in-charge of Galachipa Police Station for failure to take action against the perpetrators.
Patuakhali Press Club President Nirmol Kumar Rakhmit and Secretary Kazi Shamsur Rahman led a team of journalists to hand over the memoranda to the DC.
Earlier a protest meeting held at Patuakhali Press Club on Monday evening took weeklong movement programme including submission of memorandum, forming human chain, holding protest meeting and breaking pens.
On September 9, Mufti Salahuddin of RTV, Abu Taher Bappa of Banglavision, Sankar Lal Das of the daily Prothom Alo and ABC Radio, Khondokar Delwar Jalali of Channel One and Hanjala Shihab of Digonta TV were on their way to different places in Galachipa upazila for professional duty.
As the journalists, working as Patuakhali district correspondents of the respective media, reached Haridevpur ferry point at noon, a gang attacked them and tried to snatch cameras, mobile and note books from Salahuddin and Bappa.
Three other journalists managed to cross the river and took shelter inside Galachipa Police Station.
Threatened by criminals, the journalists had to stay at the police station for two hours until a team from Patuakhali Rab camp rescued them.
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