Three broadcast journalists of two private television channels allegedly came under assault on Friday, while discharging their professional duties during a rally of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh. Latefa Runa, joint secretary of the TV Journalists’ Association, Chittagong, told the Dhaka Tribune that the members of Hefazat took away the microphone and damaged the camera that was with the Channel 24 crew. Safique Ahmed Sajib, president of the TV Camera Journalists’ Association, said that the three TV journalists came under attack while covering the rally of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh. We came under assault when we were filming the altercation between the Hefazat leaders,” said Saiful. When contacted, Azizul Haque Islamabadi, central organizing secretary of Hefazat-e-Islam, told the Dhaka Tribune that he came to know of the incident after the end of the rally.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 06, 2017 16:52 UTC