Around 30 to 35 youths carrying sharp weapons attacked the journalists injuring at least 11 people at Shamim Guest House in Kolakopa area between 10:30pm and 11pm on Monday, the journalists said. Around 40 journalists of the newspaper and the TV station, both owned by Jamuna Group, were in the guesthouse, according to Sushanta Sinha, a special correspondent of Jamuna TV. Salma Islam MP, the wife of Jamuna Group boss Nurul Islam Babul, is contesting for the Dhaka-1 seat consisted of Nawabganj and Dohar. Senior Correspondent Akhlakus Safa said their Dhamrai Correspondent Shamim went missing during the attack. The attackers might have abducted Shamim, Safa suspects.

Source: bd News24 December 24, 2018 21:33 UTC