Journalist assaulted while covering municipality polls in Dhamrai
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A journalist was assaulted, allegedly by a presiding officer, when he went to cover municipality elections at a centre in Dhamrai today.
Presiding Officer of Collegiate School Centre Azizul Haque snatched the mobile phone of Zohir Raihan, a staff reporter of the Bangla daily Prothom Alo, and also hurled abusive words towards him, reports our Savar correspondent.
Prothom Alo Staff Reporter Arup Roy told reporters that Zohir and he, along with some other journalists, entered the voting centre upon receiving complaints that electronic voting machines (EVMs) are not working at the centre.