A police official was suspended today for assaulting journalists at Dhaka University during the
half-day shutdown demanding cancellation of Rampal power plant project near the Sundarbans.
Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Ershad was found involved in beating up journalists and was suspended, Maruf Hossain Sorder
, deputy commissioner of Ramna
Division, told The Daily Star.
READ MORE: Police thrash Sundarbans activists during shutdown
Ershad assaulted ATN News Cameraperson Abdul Alim at Shahbagh this
afternoon. With bloody head and hands, he was taken to a nearby hospital
for treatment.
Meanwhile, the authorities found involvement of 12 other policemen
from Public Order Management (POM) in assaulting another journalist in
Mirpur during the hartal, the police official said.
READ MORE: On-duty journalists injured
“Action will be taken against them after scrutinising their roles,” he said.
Morshed Jahan Mithun, a sub-editor of English daily Dhaka Tribune,
claimed he was assaulted by DMP Assistant Commissioner Mahbub at Mirpur
10 when he tried to inquire about information.
“Traffic police ordered a bus to plough through protesters. I asked
him (AC Mahbub) why this was so. He assaulted me. When I showed my
identity card, he said he doesn’t read English newspapers,” Mithun told
The Daily Star.
