TV journos assaulted

A cameraperson and a car driver of private satellite television Channel 24 were admitted to Jessore Medical College Hospital yesterday night after being assaulted by local activists of Bangabandhu Sainik League, according to a Jessore correspondent.

The incident reportedly took place at around 8:45pm at the Chitra Mor (intersection) in the city after the car carrying the television channel's personnel, including cameraperson Ripon Hossain and driver Alauddin, had brushed against a motorcycle belonging to the Sainik League activists.

Jessore Kotowali Thana Police arrested Abdur Rahman Kakon, a local Bangabandhu Sainik League leader, from the scene.

Local journalists as well as those who had gone from Dhaka to cover the Bangabandhu Gold Cup staged a protest before high-ups of local police came to pacify them. The journalists have also threatened to boycott today's match of the football tournament unless the culprits are brought to book by 11:00am today.