Feni Correspondent :
Police arrested the main accused in a case lodged over the attack on Omar Faruk, district correspondent of “Daily Inqilab”, from Lalpol area of the district town Tuesday night.
The arrested was identified as Jamai Faruk, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Feni Model Police Station Md. Samsuzzaman confirmed.
The police had been trying to arrest the accused for quite some time. Based on intelligence information, he was finally arrested, the OC said.
Earlier, journalist Omar Faruk was attacked on his way to Feni for professional work in front of Chaleh Ahmed’s shop near Silonia Madrasah in the Gobindapur area of Kalidah union under Sadar upazila of the district on February 26 last.
Jamai Faruk and his cohorts attacked him for reporting on illegal sand extraction. Following the incident, Omar Faruk filed a case with the Feni Model Police Station, the OC added.
