An election inquiry committee has served a show cause notice again to AKM Bahauddin Bahar, lawmaker and Awami League candidate for the Comilla-6 seat in the upcoming national parliamentary election, in connection with attacking two journalists.
The journalists were reportedly attacked and their equipment was confiscated by supporters of AKM Bahauddin Bahar on Wednesday.
So far this candidate has been show-caused three times before the 12th parliamentary elections.
Md Siraj Uddin Iqbal, joint district judge and chairman of the committee in Comilla-6, issued the notice on December 19 asking the candidate to appear before the committee at 11am on Sunday.
Supporters of the AKM Bahauddin Bahar assaulted two television journalists and snatched away their phones.
This is the second reported physical assault of journalists by a ruling party candidate and incumbent MP in three weeks.
The incident took place at the entrance to the Shaheed Dhirendranath Dutta Stadium at 11am on Wednesday.
Video footage of the incident has gone viral on social media.
Earlier on Monday, lawmaker Bahar instructed his followers to break the arms and legs of the BNP-Jamaat activists if they were seen campaigning for the January 7 polls.
The video of his speech also went viral on social media.
On 19 December, an election inquiry committee served two show cause notices to AKM Bahauddin Bahar for violating electoral code of conduct.
The notices were served after Bahar held a public gathering and threatened to break the arms and legs of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami members if they were found supporting any candidates.
