For reporting irregularities and corruption

Lakshmipur Correspondent, Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila Awami League General Secretary and Sadar Upazila Joypur Union Parishad Chairman Abul Kashem Chowdhury summoned journalist Rafiqul Islam to his house and beat him up for publishing news of various irregularities and corruption. He was rescued and admitted to Sadar Hospital in a seriously injured condition. The incident took place on Friday afternoon at the chairman's own house.

The seriously injured journalist is the editor of the local daily Lakshmipur Kantha. The incident has sparked outrage and condemnation among local journalists.

According to injured journalist Rafiqul Islam and local sources in the hospital on Saturday morning, several news reports were published in the local daily Lakshmipur Kantha and national newspapers about irregularities and corruption in various projects of Sadar Upazila Awami League and Uttar Joypur Union Parishad Chairman Abul Kashem Chowdhury and his union parishad.
Following this incident, Chairman Abul Kashem Chowdhury called journalist Rafiq to his house on Friday afternoon on his mobile phone. At that time, the Chairman and his men beat up journalist Rafiqul Islam, seriously injuring him. Later, locals rescued him in a seriously injured condition and admitted him to Sadar Hospital.

Meanwhile, recently, Abul Kashem Chowdhury summoned freedom fighter Nur Mohammad to his union parishad office in the same manner, beat him up, and locked him in the toilet.
Journalists working in the district expressed strong condemnation and anger over the attack on journalist Rafiqul Islam and demanded the arrest of the chairman and his gang of terrorists involved in the incident.

Although Abul Kashem Chowdhury, the general secretary of the Sadar Upazila Awami League and chairman of the North Joypur Union Parishad, was contacted several times by mobile phone regarding the attack, he did not answer the call.

In this regard, Police Superintendent ASM Mahatab Uddin said that legal action will be taken after investigation if a complaint is received.