2 lensmen hurt in fall from SC building
Two photojournalists suffered serious injuries when they fell from the corridor connecting the first floors of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court Bar Association building yesterday.
Shawkat Jamil Khan, senior photographer of The Daily Star, and Mizanur Rahman Khan, staff photographer of The Independent, were taking pictures when the lawyers were coming out of the Supreme Court following hearings of the cases in which detained Awami League President Sheikh Hasina is accused.
Jamil was admitted to LabAid Hospital with a fracture in the waist while Mizan was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital with a critical head injury.
Mizan was shifted to the CMH (Combined Military Hospital) last night after Law Adviser Mainul Hosein made arrangements to get the injured photojournalists admitted to CMH following the request of the editors of different dailies during in a meeting with him.
Standing on a broken chair at the corridor, Mizan was taking snaps while Jamil was taking snaps standing beside him, colleagues who witnessed the incident said.
At one point, Mizan lost his balance and started falling down as lawyers rushed out of the courtroom causing a huge gathering.
Mizan tried to save himself from falling at the last moment grabbing Jamil and both of them fell. Mizan thudded on the concrete floor while Jamil fell on a standing motorbike with a rider.
The motorcyclist whose identity could not be known immediately was also injured in the incident.
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