The Jamalpur district correspondent of online news portal Banglanews24.com Golam Rabbani Nadim, who was critically injured after being attacked by the miscreant on Wednesday night, died at a hospital in Mymensingh on Thursday afternoon.
Golam Rabbani Nadim, 42, also the Bakshiganj upazila correspondent of Ekattor TV, and Daily Manab Zamin, died at around 2:45pm while being treated at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, said our Daily Observer correspondent.
Family members and colleagues of the victim alleged that the supporters of Mahmudul Alam, chairman of Sadhurpara union parishad of Bakshiganj upazila, attacked Nadim for publishing a report on Mahmudul.
Colleagues of Nadim and local sources said some people attacked Nadeem while he was returning home after completing his professional duty in Pathati area at around 10pm on Wednesday. When Nadeem became unconscious, the miscreants fled the scene.
Locals took him to Bakshiganj Upazila Health Complex. Later, he was transferred to Jamalpur General Hospital at 12am on Thursday. As his condition deteriorated there, he was shifted to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital on Thursday morning. Nadim succumbed to his injuries at the hospital at around 2.45pm.
Nadim's wife Monira Begum alleged that Shadhurpara UP Chairman Mahmudul Alam and also union Awami League general Secretary, filed a case under Digital Security Act (DSA) against Nadim over publishing a report on him. The case was rejected by the court on Wednesday.
The followers of UP chairman attacked Nadim over the issue.
Officer-in-charge of Bakshiganj Police Station Mohammad Sohel Rana over mobile phone told the correspondent that they have collected the CCTV footage and trying to identify the attackers. He said they have, so far, detained three people in connection with the killing.
He said they can’t talk to him as Nadim was unconscious. They came to know about the death on Facebook post.
Meanwhile, Jamalpur Press Club and Jamalpur Online Journalists Association have condemned the killing. They demanded the immediate arrest of the miscreants and their exemplary punishment.
