'It's murder, not accident'

A bereaved wife tugs her daughter into her arms, trying to lessen the pain in her heart at the unbearable loss of her husband Dinesh Das; inset, journalists take to the streets in front of Jatiya Press Club protesting the journalist's death in a fatal road accident in the city's Kakrail area yesterday.Photo: STAR

Different professional, social and cultural organisations took to the city streets yesterday protesting the death of Dinesh Das, a senior reporter of the Bangla daily Amader Shomoy, in a road accident.
Expressing deep shock over the death, they demanded punishment of the driver of the bus that rammed Dinesh's motorcycle in the city's Kakrail area in the morning leading to his death.
They expressed sympathy with Dinesh's family members and urged the government to pay compensation to the bereaved family.
They also demanded road safety for journalists.
"Death in road accident should not be called accident any more: rather it is a kind of killing. To resist the killing resulted from unbridled corruption and irregularities, people should get united without any delay," said Gano Sanghati Andolon in a press release.
Also, Sammilito Sangskritik Jote, Dhaka Reporters Unity, Bangladesh Bank, Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh, Gano Forum, Ganotantrik Bam Morcha, Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal, Workers' Party of Bangladesh, Communist Party of Bangladesh, Progressive Art and Mass Media Workers' Forum, Court Reporters Association and Kendriyo Progotishil Chhatra Jote conveyed sympathy over the death in separate press releases.