A reporter of Somoy TV has come under attack by miscreants in Cox’s Bazar district town.
Sujauddin Rubel, 30, the victim, said he came under attack around 12:30 am on Sunday in front of the Zila Parishad Market adjoining to the Cox's Bazar Police Super’s office while returning home on foot.
Rubel, also a member of Cox’s Bazar Journalists Union, said the miscreants tried to strangle him to death.
Rubel and other eyewitnesses have confirmed that they saw silhouettes of four people to run away from the victim including an auto-rickshaw driver.
As he fell unconscious, the attackers left him alone on the road and fled the scene. Rubel added.
Though the perpetrators did not touch his cash but took the two phones he was carrying with him, Rubel confirmed.
Later, a pedestrian, Md Ismail, rescued him and got him admitted to hospital.
Masum Khan, officer-in-charge of Cox's Bazar Sadar Model Police Station, said they have already launched a drive to arrest the miscreants.