Editorial
If BGB men were involved, they must be punished
We are appalled by the news of a journalist Jahangir Alam Shahin being assaulted and tortured allegedly by BGB men in Kulaghat while he was trying to get information on incidents of drug smuggling in the area.
According to Jahangir Alam, he had gone to Kulaghat area in Lalmonirhat with a local named Sohag to report on drug smuggling at 11:30 pm on Thursday, April 15. He was talking to some BGB men when the Camp Commander came and started assaulting him and Sohag. Jahangir says that the BGB men took both of them to the camp and beat them up, with Sohag being released afterwards, while Jahangir was kept in custody. Jahangir has described how he was allegedly beaten with sticks and kicked mercilessly. What is most shocking is that Jahnagir was taken to Lalmonirhat Sadar police station with his hands and waist tied with a rope and with a bottle of phensidyl that the BGB men claimed was found on him. A case was filed against him
BSS journalist claims he was tortured by BGB in Lalmonirhat
Case filed against him for carrying phensedyl Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
The district correspondent of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha was allegedly tortured by members of Border Guard Bangladesh in Lalmonirhat when he went to collect information on drug smuggling in the region last night.
He is also the correspondent of Dainik Janakantha.
Journalist Jahangir Alam Shahin was allegedly tortured by BGB men, reports our Lalmonirhat correspondent quoting the journalist. BGB filed a case against Jahangir for carrying a bottle of phensedyl and handed him over to police along with his motorbike, Lalmonirhat Sadar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Shah Alam told The Daily Star.