সাংবাদিকদের নিয়ে আইজিপির বক্তব্য প্রত্যাহারের আলটিমেটাম ডিআরইউর

Dhaka Reporters' Unity (DRU) on Monday, 26 October, protested remarks by Inspector General of Police Md. Ali Hossain Fakir about journalists and demanded he withdraw them and apologise publicly within 24 hours, warning of tough protest programmes otherwise. DRU President Abu Saleh Akon and General Secretary Mainul Hasan Sohel said in a joint statement that such generalised comments were contrary to independent journalism and unacceptable from a top law-enforcement official. The IGP had said at an event in Chawkbazar, Old Dhaka, that journalists write that police are ineffective when they do not receive drug money. DRU said any police complaint against a journalist should be resolved through legal channels with concrete evidence. The Bangladesh Crime Reporters Association (CRAB) issued a similar 24-hour ultimatum, calling the remarks unexpected and worrying. Police Headquarters later said the IGP's remarks had been taken out of context and were made inadvertently. Separately, NCP leader Hasnat Abdullah demanded an apology over the IGP's crossfire remarks.

Where accounts differ. Police Headquarters said the IGP's remarks on journalists were inadvertent and not meant as a blanket comment, a clarification reported only by Ajker Patrika, while Jugantor, UNB and Dhaka Post report the remarks only as protested without mentioning it.

JugantorDaily Naya DigantaAjker PatrikaDhaka PostUnited News of Bangladesh (UNB)

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