The journalist was injured when he entered the house

Noakhali District Representative:

In Noakhali’s Companiganj, Quader Mirza’s followers broke into a journalist’s residence and hacked him, seriously injuring him. The journalist’s mother and son and two others were injured in the incident. The injured are Baby Rani (65) and son Rantu Chandra (20).

Injured Prashant Subhash Chandra, 48, is the son of Swapan Kumar, special correspondent of Daily Bangladesh Samachar and current chief reporter of regional online portal and Kabiraj Bari of Shahajatpur village in ward 9 of Sirajpur union of the upazila.

The incident took place at around 1:15 pm on Thursday (June 24) at Kabiraj Bari in Shahajatpur village in Ward 9 of Sirapur Union in the upazila. Subhash’s mother Baby Rani and younger brother Prajit Subhash Chandra complained that in the last five months, there has been a volatile situation in Kompaniganj due to the conflict between the two groups of the Awami League. Abdul Quader Mirza, the mayor of Basurhat municipality, the younger brother of the bridge minister, was angry with Subhash over his Facebook status and news coverage at the time. During a rally a few days ago, Kader Mirza publicly instructed his followers to break Subhash under his knees. Subhash was lying alone in the front room of his house at around 1.45 pm today. At that time 40 to 45 armed men led by Mirza Quader’s followers Kechcha Russell, Pichi Masud, Tutul Majumder and Emon suddenly attacked the house. At that time, they beat Subhash with an iron rod, broke his left arm in two and stabbed him in the head, seriously injuring him. At that time, Subhash’s mother and son came forward to save him and they were also beaten severely. At one stage, when the locals came forward shouting at their family members, the terrorists left in heroism. Later, his relatives rescued him and took him to Companiganj Upazila Health Complex. The doctor on duty sent him to Noakhali Sadar for first aid and better treatment.

Mayor of Basurhat Municipality Abdul Quader Mirza was contacted on the phone but could not be reached for comment. One of his followers received a phone call saying he was at rest.

Shortly after the incident, media workers working in Noakhali district and Companiganj upazila demanded immediate action against the attacker and instigator of the journalist Subhash. At the same time, he strongly condemned such heinous attacks.

Noakhali Superintendent of Police Mohammad Alamgir Hossain confirmed the incident. He added that legal action would be taken if any complaint was received.