Cop withdrawn for misbehaving with journo on duty

Staff Reporter :
Police constable Md Shahinur Rahman has been withdrawn from duty for his misbehaviour with a television reporter while covering the resignation of the Members of Parliament (MPs) of BNP in National Parliament area on Sunday.
Accused Shahinur has been attached to police lines and departmental action will be taken against him, said deputy commissioner (Media) of DMP Faruq Hossain on Monday.
Sayed Arman, a senior reporter of Nagorik TV and a permanent member of Dhaka Reporters’ Unity (DRU), was broadcasting live the resignation of BNP’s MPs in from of the Parliament.
At the time constable Md Shahinur Rahman took away the journalist Arman’s boom (microphone) and obstructed him during performing his duties.
In a statement on Sunday, DRU President Mursalin Nomani and General Secretary Mynul Hasan Sohel condemned the incident on behalf of the DRU Executive Committee.
The DRU leaders demanded the authorities to investigate the matter and take stern action against the accused cop.
They called upon the police authority to cooperate with journalists while they perform their duties.