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Journalists attacked at BNP’s iftar party

Fakhrul expresses deep sorrow over the incident

Update : 31 Mar 2023, 10:54 PM

Some journalists were attacked reportedly by activists of BNP at an iftar party at a community centre in Dhaka's Mirpur-2 area on Friday evening.

BNP's Pallabi and Rupnagar thana units under Dhaka South city arranged the iftar.

Some BNP leaders and activists locked into an altercation at the venue with journalists who went there to cover the program.

At one stage, they attacked journalists, leaving some media workers, including NTV special correspondent Imrul Ahsan Jony, Desh TV cameraperson Ujjal and News24 cameraperson Ajnabi, reports UNB. 

At the beginning of his speech, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expressed deep sorrow over the incident.

He later alleged that some agents of the government in disguise as BNP activists came to the iftar party and created the untoward incident.

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