C T Online Desk: A journalist is fighting for his life in a hospital after he was beaten and thrown off from the second floor of a building in Chattogram allegedly over his report on hill cutting.
Ayub Miyaji, 34, a Chandanaish correspondent of a national and local daily, is undergoing treatment at Chattogram Medical College Hospital. According to doctors, his condition is critical.
Abdus Shukkur, the father of Ayub, filed a case with Chandanaish Police Station against Md Alauddin, 35, and Md Faruk, 26, and seven to eight unknown people over the incident that took place on Tuesday night.
A video of the incident, which is not available now, went viral on social media the next day.
In the case statement, Shukkur alleged that his son became the target of a vested group after he wrote a report on hill cutting in the area and gave information about it to local upazila nirbahi officer and AC land.
On Tuesday afternoon, the accused attacked Ayub with sticks and iron rods and threw him off the second floor of a building which houses the computer training institute of the journalist.
Shukkur also alleged that the miscreants also vandalised the training institute and looted money.
Contacted, Chandanaish Upazila Nirbahi Officer Mahmuda Begum said, “Ayub informed us about hill cutting in Dohazari area on Friday.
“After that, the mobile court of upazila administration conducted drives there and found the evidence of hill cutting.
The UNO added she is not sure if the attack was related to the incident. She has asked Chandanaish Police Station to investigate the incident and take stern action against the attackers.
Contacted, Anwar Hossain, OC of Chandanaish Police Station, said police arrested a person named Babu, 30, over the incident.
“Police have been conducting drives to arrest the main accused in the case,” he added.
