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Human chain to protest harassment case against two journalists

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  • 26 August, 2022 21:43:30

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Shahzada Minhaj (Lohagara) Chittagong: Lohagara representative of online news portal Mahanagar News protested the extortion of fake journalists. Alauddin and Bhor paper representative Md. Ershad filed three cases against Hossain. On Friday (26 August) at 10 a.m. in protest, journalists working in South Chittagong held a human chain program on the Chittagong-Cox's Bazar highway at Dohazari Municipal Headquarters. This human chain program was held to protest against these false cases of harassment and to demand the withdrawal of the case. Journalists from various national, local and electronic media from Patia, Chandanish, Satkania and Lohagara upazilas of South Chittagong participated in the human chain. Dohazari Press Club President M. Under the chairmanship of Razzak Raj and general secretary of Satkania Press Club. Among others, Dohazari Press Club General Secretary S. M. Nasir Uddin Bablu, Joint General Secretary Azgar Ali Salim, Vice President M. Faizur Rahman, M. Nazim Mahmud, Satkania correspondent of Bhorer paper, Gopal Ghosh, Abdul Ghafoor Rabbani, President of Chandnaish Journalist Oikya Parishad SM Rashed, General Secretary Md. Kamruddin, Aminul Islam Rubel, Mohammad Hossain, Syed Akkas Uddin, Md. Iqbal Hossain, Omar Farooq, Munsi Abdur Rauf Sourav, former national team footballer Askar Khan Babu, hawker association president Nurul Amin and Md. Rafiq et al. It is to be noted that on the evening of July 28, Jahangir Alam and Md demanded subscription in an oil shop called "Shahpir Oil Agency" at Kalauzhan Hindu Market. Two persons named Kalim Ullah. When the matter of extortion became known in the area, tension spread. The local crowd caught them. Later, in the face of resistance from the locals, they gave a bond that they would not extort again in the future and returned the extortion money. Local journalists including Ershad Hossain and Alauddin protested and published the news in various media after getting the news of this incident. Enraged by this, Jahangir Alam filed a total of three cases against Erashad Hossain and Alauddin in the Chittagong Divisional Cyber ​​Tribunal Court. The court took cognizance of the case and directed the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to investigate. Currently, those three cases are under investigation.

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