Shipping and Communication Reporters Forum (SCRF) has demanded exemplary punishment for those involved in the murder of journalist Golam Rabbani Nadim in Jamalpur.
President Ashish Kumar Dey and general secretary Lion Jahangir Alam made this demand in a statement on behalf of the organisation on Saturday.
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They also demanded a fair and impartial investigation into the murder of the journalist.
According to the statement, the way Nadim was murdered has defeated medieval barbarism. The brutal killing of Nadim was a direct blow to free journalism.
"If there is no fair trial of this killing, the practice of free journalism will fall flat," read the statement.
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They also thanked RAB for arresting local Sadhupur UP Chairman Mahmudul Alam Babu, the mastermind of the murder from the border district of Panchagarh.
The SCRF leaders demanded immediate financial assistance and rehabilitation to the family members of the slain journalist Nadim.