Photo: BIGSTOCKThe reporter was badly beaten while investigating illegal land grabbing in LalmonirhatReporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned violence against Lalmonirhat journalist Selim Shamrat while investigating illegal land grabbing in the district. The France-based rights body called on police to quickly identify the men who attacked Shamrat on the weekend in Barakhata, a rural area of Lalmonirhat, according to an RSF statement on Tuesday. Selim Shamrat, correspondent for the regional newspaper Bahannor Alo in Barakhata (which is part of the Hatibandha subdistrict), was attacked at around 5pm on July 11. “We strongly condemn the unacceptable acts of violence against Selim Shamrat while he was performing his duty as a reporter,” said Daniel Bastard, the head of RSF’s Asia-Pacific desk. According to initial police findings, the attack’s instigators were two brothers suspected of being behind the illegal land seizure that Shamrat was investigating.

Source: Dhaka Tribune July 13, 2021 16:07 UTC