The executive council of Jatiya Sangbadik Sangstha (JSS) on Tuesday staged a human chain in front of the National Press Club (JPC) here protesting assault by the police on Akhil Poddar, special correspondent of the private TV channel ‘Ekushey Television’.
The journalist leaders also demanded punishment of the alleged police official and urged the government to formulate an act immediately to ensure security of the newsman.
During the programme, the journalists’ leaders condemned such heinous police attack on Akhil Poddar and demanded punitive action immediately against the alleged police official.
The journalists of all mass media have been urged to forge unity against such harassment and repression on the journalists, said the journalists leaders at the human chain procession.
