Journo thrown off roof of 2-storey building in Ctg
A journalist is fighting for his life in a hospital after criminals beat him up and threw him off the roof of a two-storey building in Chattogram allegedly over his report on hill-cutting.
Ayub Miyaji, 34, Chandanaish correspondent of national daily Janobani and local daily Shangu, is undergoing treatment at Chattogram Medical College Hospital.
Terming Ayub's condition critical, his father Abdus Shukkur yesterday said he sustained injuries to his head and his three ribs were broken, reports our Chattogram staff correspondent.
Shukkur filed a case on Tuesday night with Chandanaish Police Station accusing Md Alauddin, 35, and Md Faruk, 26, and seven to eight unidentified people.
A video of the incident, which took place on Tuesday, went viral on social media the next day.
In the case statement, Shukkur alleged that his son became the target of a vested group after he wrote a report on hill-cutting in Dohazari area and gave information about it to the local upazila nirbahi officer and assistant commissioner (land).
On Tuesday afternoon, the accused attacked Ayub with sticks and iron rods and throw him off the roof of the two-storey building that houses a computer training centre owned by the journalist.
Shukkur also alleged that the criminals also vandalised the centre and looted money.
Chandanaish UNO Mahmuda Begum said, "Ayub informed us about the hill-cutting in Dohazari area on Friday.
"After that, a mobile court of the upazila administration conducted drives there and found evidence of hill-cutting."
The UNO, however, said she was not sure if the attack was related to the incident. She said has asked Chandanaish police to investigate the incident and take stern action against the attackers.
Anwar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Chandanaish Police Station, said police arrested a person named Babu, 30, over the incident.
"Police have been conducting drives to arrest the main culprits," he added.
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