Speakers at a human chain on Monday condemned the attack on eighty-year-old poet Radhapada Roy.
Bangladesh Nodi Bachao Andolon Dhamrai chapter and Bangladesh Poribesh Shongrokkhon O Dushon Protirodh Mancha formed the human chain on the Thana Road along the Dhaka-Aricha Highway.
The poet suffered injuries after being assaulted by miscreants at Madhaikhal village in Nageshwari Upazila of Kurigram on September 30.
Speakers at the program said that the attack on the poet is tantamount to hindering freedom of speech. They called on the authorities to bring the culprits behind the attack to book.
Bangladesh Nodi Bachao Andolon Dhamrai chapter President SM Nazrul Islam presided over the human chain.
According to police, the poet went to a canal near his home to fish when attackers beat the poet with a bamboo stick and fled the scene after locals rushed in.