A gang of criminals attacked the journalists of bdnews24.com in front of its Amtoli office in the city’s Mohakhali, leaving several, two of them critically, injured.
The incident took place on the fifth floor of the Building-99 near the Government Ban Bhaban (Forest Building) around 9pm on Monday. bdnews24.com Sub-Editor Newaz Mohammed Rifaat and Correspondent Salahuddin Wahid Pritom received serious injuries in their legs.
They have been rushed to the United Hospital in the city. Doctors there said the duo were “out of danger”.
Criminals attacked Ruhul Amin, an employee of Bangladesh’s first internet newspaper, around 8:30pm when he was staying outside of the building.
On information, the journalists from the office rushed to his aid and captured the criminal and handed him to police.
Angered at this, the local criminals, armed with sharp weapons, swooped on the journalists.
The criminals opened the shutter of ground floor and attacked the newsmen.
Rifat and Pritom were stabbed indiscriminately in the legs.
Leader of the opposition and BNP?chairperson Khaleda Zia in a statement bitterly censured attacks inside the bdnews24.com office and sought punishment of the miscreants.
-With bdnews24.com/The Independent input
