Friday's Attack Sparks Protest in Tangail
'Punish culprits, ensure security of newsmen'
Journalists in Tangail yesterday formed a human chain and held a rally in the district town, demanding punishment of the culprits who attacked newsmen of a TV channel on Friday.Photo: STAR
Journalists in the district yesterday formed a human chain and held a rally in the town, demanding punishment of the culprits who attacked reporters of private television network Channel' 71 on Friday. Around 100 journalists of different print and electronic media joined the programme in front of the Tangail Press Club in the morning. Speakers at the rally condemned the brutal attack on the journalists. They demanded security of the local newsmen and quick trial of the attackers. Later, they went to the office of the superintendent of police (SP) in Tangail and held a meeting there. SP Saleh Mohammed Tanvir assured the journalists of taking tougher steps against the attackers and also vowed to take police action against the illegal drug traders in the district. Meanwhile, the upazila administration in Kalihati served notices on 76 people asking to remove their houses from Sawdagor Para that were constructed illegally on the government khas land. Acting upazila nirbahi officer in Kalihati Abu Naser Beg issued the notices on Sunday giving the recipients 7 days time. Earlier on Friday, a group of drug peddlers attacked three journalists of Channel '71 when they were going to Sawdagor Para in Hamidpur area between the border of Ghatail and Kalihati upazilas for covering a report on illegal drug network. The gang hit them with sticks and sharp weapons indiscriminately, leaving them injured. They also took away the all valuables of the journalists including their cameras. A day later, hundreds of agitated locals blocked the Tangail-Mymensingh highway, demanding arrest of the culprits who swooped on the newsmen and removal of the drug den from Sawdagor Para. Later on the same day they vandalised and then set more than 50 houses of alleged drug paddlers on fire.
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