Bomb attack on Amar Desh journo

A journalist of the daily Amar Desh came under cocktail and brick-bat attacks near the Banani Staff Road and Kakoli traffic signal while going to office by his car yesterday afternoon.
The injured was identified as M Abdullah, special correspondent of the newspaper.
Abdullah suffered spinal injury while the glasses of his car were damaged as the attackers first hurled cocktail (handmade bombs) from behind at about 3:45pm as he was coming to Amar Desh office at Karwan Bazar from his Tongi residence.
Four attackers, riding on two motorbikes, chased his speedy car and launched the second attack by hurling brickbats at his car at Kakoli traffic signal, Abdullah told UNB over phone.
"I was scared, left my car and got into a passing passenger bus," he said, adding that his driver was beaten by the attackers before police appeared at the scene and took away his car and driver to the Gulshan Police Station.
Abdullah said he received injury in his spinal cord during the second attack as the brickbats were targeted at his head.
Asked about the motive behind the attacks, Abdullah said perhaps his report about the five million dollar commission received by the PM's son, Sajib Wazed Joy, and Advisor Dr Toufiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury in awarding an unsolicited contract to US company Chevron for setting up a gas compressor.
Daily Amar Desh published the front-page report on December 17 this year.
"I don't see any other reason for the attack," he added.
Meanwhile, Leader of the Opposition in Parliament and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a statement condemned the attack on Abdullah.