Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League Joint General Secretary Hasan Mahmud on Saturday said even journalists were not spared from the anarchy of BNP-Jamaat as over 20 journalists got injured by their attack.
"The criminals who involved in this heinous attack will be brought to justice," he said when he accompanied a delegation of AL visiting the injured people at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
More than 150 policemen were injured, one policeman was hacked to death and commoners were also attacked, he informed.
During the visit, they inquired about the treatment of those who got injured in the attacks in the name of the rally hosted by BNP in Dhaka on Saturday.
On behalf of the government and the party, they went there at the Prime Minister's directives to see the injured journalists, policemen, party leaders and activists in the brutal attack of BNP-Jamaat in the name of rally, he said.
He said they would also go to Rajarbagh Police Hospital.
At that time, AL presidium members Jahangir Kabir Nanak and Abdur Rahman, joint general secretaries Mahbubul Alam Hanif, AFM Bahauddin Nasim and central leaders were also present.
The AL leader said the journalists went to cover news, the police were discharging their duty, the common people were going to their work but they came under attack.
This brutal attack even crossed BNP's brutality in 2013, 2014, 2015, Hasan said, adding that the culprits must be brought to justice.
During the visit, AL leaders assured to stand beside the injured people.
Later, the AL delegation visited the injured people at Rajarbagh Central Police Hospital and talked to their family members.
JPC strongly condemns
The Jatiya Press Club (JPC) has strongly condemned the attacks on journalists when they were performing their duties during the violence of BNP-Jamaat programmes in Dhaka.
In a statement, the JPC’s President Farida Yasmin and General Secretary Shyamal Dutta condemned the attacks on at least 30 journalists.
The leaders said the miscreants not only attacked the journalists but also vandalised the vehicles and cameras of them and snatched their mobile phones.
They also demanded the immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of the attackers and compensation for the victims.
The JPC leaders also urged the authorities concerned to assist the journalists when they discharge their professional duties.
According to media reports, several journalists were injured and their vehicles were burnt while performing professional duties at the political rallies.
Some of the journalists were critically injured and hospitalised.
