November 3, 2024, 8:50 am

Harassment of journalist with case in Srimangal storm of condemnation on social media

Saju Marchiang
Published: Friday, September 27, 2024

In Srimangal of Moulvibazar, young Samaj Sevak journalist and social worker Srimangal Reporters Club General Secretary Dainik Bangla and Daily Moulvibazar correspondent SK Das Sumon has been falsely, fabricated and purposefully filed a case.

Meanwhile, since the case, there has been a storm of condemnation on social media. Filing such a false case in the name of a safe, non-political person is a misuse of the law, say civil society figures.

It is known that there was a clash between the activists and supporters of the two candidates during the Srimangal Municipal Elections held on November 28, 2021. Which eventually turns into a lawsuit. In this incident, both parties filed counter-suits.

However, two years and 10 months after the settled case, a new case has been filed on the same incident. In Moulvibazar Senior Judicial Magistrate’s Court on the last 25th, Section 3/4 of the Explosives Control Act. The case was filed by a person named Yusuf Mia.

But journalist SK Das Sumon was not named in the previous case which was settled. When the incident of the new case became known, intense anger was created among the common people through social media.And many continued to post strongly condemning and protesting the false case against the journalist from their own Facebook account. There is panic in the public mind in this incident.Prominent people commented that journalists, social activists and businessmen are being harassed or intimidated by filing various cases across the country in a vindictive manner at the time of the change of government.

When asked about this, journalist SK Das Suman said over the phone, neither I nor any member of my family is associated with politics. And I was in no way involved in the incident. I have been involved in journalism and social development work for a long time,No complaint has ever been filed against me by the administration. Still I have been implicated in this case only for the purpose of harassment. In this incident, I pray for justice to the head of the country’s government, the honorable chief advisor, Dr. Mohammad Yunus,At the same time, I wish for the cooperation of all the media workers of the country and the socially conscious people.

 


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