Journo alleges death threat over report
A local leader of the ruling Awami League has allegedly threatened a journalist with death in Hatibandha upazila for publishing a report on misuse of fund for a local government project in a newspaper a day before.
Ilias Bosuniya Pabon, Hatibandha upazila correspondent of The Daily Destiny, filed a general Genera Diary (GD) with Hatibandha police station on Tuesday.
Basunia alleged that Abu Hena Mostafa Zaman Sohel, Barokhata union AL vice president, gave him the threat over cell phone on the day for publishing a report in The Destiny on misuse of fund for Local Government Support Project (LGSP) in 10 unions of Hatibandha upazila. The journalist said he had recorded voice of the AL leader.
Local journalists on Thursday demanded arrest and exemplary punishment of Sohel. Hatibandha Press Club member Kazi Altaf Hossain met the upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) and informed him of the threat.
They also threatened to go for a tougher agitation if Abu Hena Mostafa Zaman Sohel, also the chairman of Barokhata Union Parishad, was not arrested within the next 72 hours.
Contacted, Officer-in-Charge of Hatibandha police station Enamul Karim said they will investigate the matter and then record the GD filed by Bosuniya as a regular case.
When asked, Sohel declined to say anything about the matter.
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