A Dhaka journalist named Ashraful Islam, who works with vernacular daily Ittefaq came under attack on December 12, 2022 when he went to visit ailing senior journalist and poet Atiqul Islam.
According to information, Atiqul Islam is facing family dispute over ancestral property in the capital of Bangladesh. He also is a permanent member of Jatiyo Press Club (National Press Club).
Talking to this correspondent, Ashraful Islam said: “On Monday (December 12) I went to see Atiqul Islam and his elderly mother at his residence in Dhaka’s Nodda are. Atiqul Islam is a veteran journalist, poet and permanent member of the Jatiyo Press Club. When I was talking to Atiqul Islam and his mother and inquiring about their health, suddenly his brother and nephews attacked me in a terrorist style. I was severely injured while my left eye was seriously affected”.
According to Ashraful Islam, following the incident as he succeeded to leave the place, he rushed to the Emergency Department of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital for treatment. Doctors prescribed him medicine for injuries due to physical assault. Later he went to the local police station for pressing complaint. But his complaint was not accepted for reasons unknown.
Journalist Ashraful Islam has studied at the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism at the University of Dhaka.
Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Sans Frontiers need to immediately look into this matter and raise voice against such gruesome attack on a senior journalist.
