A journalist of Mohona TV sustained bullet injuries after unidentified gunmen fired at a car of the private television station in Chittagong yesterday.
Rajib Sen Prince, a reporter for the TV channel, was returning to Chittagong city after covering war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury’s burial when his car was shot at Gohira area of Raozan upazila around 11am.
The 30-year-old was taken to Chittagong Medical College Hospital and doctors said he was out of danger, said police sources.
Asaduzzaman Limon, a cameraman who was in the car when it came under attack, told the Dhaka Tribune some 10-12 youths signalled to stop the vehicle at Gohira Bazar area.
“But they began vandalising the car and opened fire on it as our driver did not stop, leaving Prince injured,” he said.
Another reporter for Mohona TV Jahangir Alam said six people – four of Mohona TV and the two others of Ekushey Television - were in the car at the time of the attack.
Superintendent of police in Chittagong AKM Hafiz Akhtar and Chittagong Metropolitan Police Commissioner Abdul Jalil Mondal visited Prince at the hospital.
Hafiz told reporters there were no police officials in the area when the attack was made. “The car was hit by two bullets and we have launched an investigation.”
It was not clear who made the attack but Limon claimed that Chhatra League members were responsible for it.
“But I have no idea why we were attacked,” added the cameraman.