A journalist was beaten up allegedly by ruling party cadres in Cinema hall area in Ramgarh upazila town on Saturday morning. The injured, Mohammad Belal Hossain, 30, is a Ramgarh upazila correspondent of the daily Inqilab. Witnesses said, the AL cadres numbering 7/8 including Sofi, Suvro, Alam, Lapru Marma, and Harun, intercepted Belal at a local bazar at about 11:00am. At one stage, they beat up the journalist with iron rods and sticks, leaving him injured seriously. Later, Belal was rushed to upazila health complex and then, shifted to Chittagong Medical College and Hospital as his condition deteriorated.