Two cops withdrawn
Two police officials were withdrawn and transferred from the district town yesterday on charge of beating up a journalist and a Chhatra League leader during Saturday's clash between the activists of BCL and JCD in the town.
The accused are sub-inspector Mahtabur Rahman of Detective Branch (DB) of police in the town and Mizanur Rahman of Sadar police station.
They were transferred to Bagerhat and Meherpur districts respectively, said acting superintendent of police Mohammad Mizanur Rahman.
Abu Bashar Akhand, district correspondent of Masranga Television, also correspondent of The Daily Sakaler Khabor, was seriously injured as police beat him up when he was covering the news of the clash.
Police also beat up the former joint-secretary of district unit BCL Meer Suman during the incident. The injured were then rushed to Magura Sadar Hospital.
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