A Somoy TV journalist and his cameraman were attacked and their camera was damaged while gathering information on irregularities in a calf distribution program in Bhola on Friday.
The incident occurred around 3:00 pm in front of a house in Ward No. 9 of Bhabanipur Union, Daulatkhan upazila where Journalist Nasir Uddin Liton and cameraman Utpal Debnath were injured.
They were rushed to the Daulatkhan Upazila Health Complex for treatment.
Liton said that they were collecting information on irregularities in calf distribution under the Fisheries Department’s Hilsa Resource Development Project, when a group led by organizing secretary of the upazila BNP, Md. Rasel Kazi, attacked them.
The miscreants dragged them onto the road, broke their camera, recorded videos on a mobile phone, and threatened their lives.
Md. Zillur Rahman, the Officer-in-charge of Daulatkhan Police Station, confirmed that a general diary was filed and legal actions were underway.