7 journalists attacked while reporting on Barishal hospital

Staff Reporter :
At least seven journalists of different media have been attacked while trying to gather news on alleged student ragging at Barishal’s Sher-e-Bangla Medical College.

The matter, however, was later resolved in a meeting between both journalists and doctors.

According to the journalists, they were attacked by a group led by the principal and two teachers on Saturday afternoon on the campus.

The victim journalists have been identified as Channel 24’s Barishal Bureau chief Kausar Hossain Rana, cameraman Ruhul Amin, Asian Television Bureau chief Firoze Mostafa, cameraman Azim, BanglaNews24.com’s staff reporter Mushfiq Sourav, Time Television reporter Shakil Mahmud and cameraman Sumon Hasan.

“A student at the medical college went to the principal’s office to complain about ragging,” said Channel 24 cameraman Ruhul Amin.

“After receiving this news, we rushed to spot and interviewed the student.”

“Suddenly, four to five doctors led by Dr Bakiullah of the Department of Community Medicine and Prabir Kumar Saha, an associate professor of the Department of Pathology, attacked us. They vandalised our cameras and beat us.”

Kausar Hossain Rana, bureau chief of Channel 24, believes that the attack was carried out to protect those involved in ragging.

“This attack should be investigated and prosecuted.

Many journalists came from different parts of Barishal after getting of the information.

Later, a reconciliation meeting was held in the vice-principal’s room,” he said.