A human chain was formed in protest against the attacks on Channel 24 staff reporter Rasheduzzaman and journalist Sirajuddoza Pavel of Javadihi newspaper while performing their professional duties in Meherpur.
In addition to journalists working in the district, workers of various social organizations participated in the human chain organized on the road in front of Meherpur Press Club on Wednesday afternoon and strongly condemned and protested the attack.
Press Club President Fazlul Haque Montu, General Secretary Majedul Haque Manik, Journalists Tuhin Aranya, Rafiqul Alam, Farooq Hossain, Gangni Press Club President Tohid-ud-Daula Reza, Mujibnagar Press Club President spoke in the human chain Munsi Umar Farooq Prince, Jago Meherpur president Soeeb Rahman, Mrittika Group Theater President Manik Hossain, We Are For People President Khandaker Moiz and Human Rights Activist Dilara Islam. Ben Yamin Mukt, Joint General Secretary of Meherpur Press Club, moderated the event.
Speakers said that the barbaric attacks on journalists in the course of their professional duties are a major obstacle to independent journalism. It is not possible to build a beautiful society if these miscreants are not suppressed.
The participants in the human chain demanded to ensure exemplary punishment for those involved in the attack.
Incidentally, a motor cycle driver was killed in a road accident in Amzhupi of Meherpur Sadar Upazila on February 12. Due to this incident, some riotous people attacked an NGO office named Mouk.
While recording video footage of the accident at the scene, some rioters brutally attacked journalist Rasheduzzaman. Journalist Pavel was attacked by them when he rushed to save him. Later, the police and journalists rescued them both and took them to the hospital. On the day of the incident, Rasheduzzaman filed a case at Meherpur Sadar Police Station naming seven people as the plaintiff. Police arrested an accused named Abu Laych and last night accused No. 1 Akash from the spot.