Ekushey Television Director Md Zahidul Islam yesterday filed a case against Mitford Hospital Director Brigadier Md Zakir Hasan and its four interns over assault on journalists.
The four other accused are Mohammad Nayeem, Mohammad Soeb, Shawon and Md Shahin.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Keshab Roy Chowdhury asked Detective Branch of police to investigate the case and submit a probe report by May 11.
According to the case filed with Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate’s court, a group of interns working in the hospital assaulted ETV reporter Mohammad Elias Hossain and cameraperson Monirul Islam on April 19 when they went there to cover news for “Ekusher Chokh” programme.
At this time, the interns along with the hospital employees attacked them, snatched their cameras and confined them in a room.
After getting information, two other newsmen went there, but they also confined them in the same room, the complainant said.
When another reporter Nurun Nabi and cameraman Rumi reached there, he said, the staff of Mitford Hospital beat them up and smashed their cameras.
Meanwhile, the interns in the hospital started work abstention from 2pm yesterday in protest at filing of the case.
Soeb, one of the accused in the case, said they would not join work until the ETV authorities withdrew the case.
A total of 207 interns are now working at the hospital, he claimed.
