Crime Reporters Association Bangladesh on Thursday gave a seven-day ultimatum to a contractor company to withdraw a ‘false case’ that it filed against DBC journalist Saiful Islam Jewel and camera person Azad Ahmed.
Crime Reporters Association Bangladesh raised the demand while staging a human chain and protest rally at Dhaka Reporters Unity premises in Dhaka's Segunbagicha.
The journalist leaders expressed deep concern and strongly condemned the ‘false case’ filed against the journalists by Nazmul Hasan Bhuiyan, brother of Kawsar Bhuiyan, owner of contractor company Victor Trading.
They said, On August 2, Kawsar and his associates attacked Jewel and Azad, leaving them seriously injured. Kawsar and his accomplices were arrested and currently in jail over the incident but now they are giving murder threats to the journos.
The speakers said memorandums will be submitted to the Ministry of Law and Ministry of Home Affairs demanding the withdrawal of the case. If the case is not withdrawn within seven days, Crime Reporters Association Bangladesh, Dhaka Reporters Unity, Dhaka Union of Journalists will announce a united programme soon.
Dhaka Union of Journalists president Sohel Haider Chowdhury, former president Abu Zafar Surya, Dhaka Reporters Unity president Nazrul Islam Mithu, general secretary Nurul Islam Hasib, Dhaka Reporters Unity former general secretary Kabir Ahmed Khan, former Crime Reporters Association Bangladesh general secretary Sarwar Alam, addressed the rally presided over by Crime Reporters Association Bangladesh president Mirza Mehedi Tamal.
