DHAKA: Amid rising cases of attacks on the press in Bangladesh under the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, a journalist was assaulted while covering a story on the shooting of Sharif Osman Bin Hadi, spokesperson of a radical activist platform, Inqilab Mancha.
The incident occurred on Friday afternoon as Risan was collecting information at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) regarding Hadi's shooting, when the student-turned-politician's supporters attacked him, local media reported.
Speaking to a leading Bangladeshi daily, Dhaka Tribune, Risan said that while he was at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, covering the story, several people in front of the emergency department prevented him from recording video.