A municipality mayor has been accused of threatening to kill a reporter for publishing a news report on corruption in Ranishankail upazila of Thakurgaon district. The accused Alamgir Sarkar, also the upazila unit Juba League president, however, refuted the allegation, saying he just verbally abused the reporter. In the wake of the report, the Ranishankail municipal mayor reacted furiously, rebuking Shawon badly, ending up with the alleged death threat. According to Shawon, the accused threatened that he would break his hands and legs too. “Instead of doing so, he threatened to kill one of our colleagues,” the journalist leader said.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 02, 2018 09:45 UTC