SK Kamrul Hasan :
A human chain program has been held in Satkhira to protest the 10-day imprisonment of Kalerkantho journalist Rokonuzzaman Tipu for seeking information on irregularities in the construction of the Tala Upazila building.
On Wednesday at 11 am, a human chain was held in front of the Satkhira Press Club under the chairmanship of Prothom Alo’s own reporter Kalyan Banerjee and directed by Independent TV journalist Abul Kashem. Former president of Satkhira Press Club Ed. Abul Kalam Azad, Momtaz Ahmed Bapi, RTV’s Ram Krishna Chakraborty, human rights activist Madhav Chandra Dutta, Desh TV’s Sharifullah Kaiser Suman, Bangla Vision’s Asaduzzaman, Deepto TV’s Raghunath Khan, Ekhon TV’s Ahsanur Rahman Rajib, DBC’s M Belal Hossain, and MoneyBazmin’s SM Biplob Hossain spoke.
The speakers said that the job of journalists is to gather information and publish news against corruption and irregularities. Journalist Rokonuzzaman Tipu went to collect information after receiving news of irregularities and corruption in the construction of the Tala Upazila Parishad Complex building. Tipu got into a fight with corrupt officials while asking for information. During this time
UNO Sheikh Russell has committed a great injustice by punishing a person without conducting an investigation. He cannot punish if the incident does not occur before the Executive Magistrate. By taking the testimony of workers and corrupt officials and punishing them, he has taken a stand in favor of corruption.
During this time, the speakers demanded the release of journalist Tipu and the withdrawal of Tala Upazila Nirbahi Officer Sheikh Russell. Otherwise, a sit-in program was announced in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office on Thursday.
Incidentally, on Tuesday (April 22), the upazila correspondent of the daily Kaler Kantho newspaper, Rokonuzzaman Tipu, was sentenced to 10 days in prison for seeking information on the construction of the Tala Upazila Parishad Complex building in Satkhira!
Upazila Executive Officer and Executive Magistrate Sheikh Md. Russell.
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