আইজিপির বক্তব্য প্রত্যাহার ও ক্ষমা চাওয়ার আলটিমেটাম ডিআরইউর

Inspector General of Police Md Ali Hossain Fakir said at an event in Old Dhaka's Chawkbazar on Monday that journalists write police are ineffective when they do not receive money from drug dealers. The Crime Reporters Association of Bangladesh (CRAB) condemned the remarks in a joint statement by President Mirza Mehedi Tamal and General Secretary M M Badshah, calling them undesirable and concerning. CRAB said allegations against individual journalists could be investigated on specific evidence, but sweeping accusations without proof were irresponsible. It demanded the IGP withdraw the remarks and apologise within 24 hours, warning of a united programme with other journalist bodies otherwise. Amar Desh reported that the Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) made similar demands, also calling for the IGP's removal and linking his remarks to concerns over extrajudicial killings.

Where accounts differ. Amar Desh reports the DRU, not CRAB, as the organisation making the demands, and alone adds demands for the IGP's removal and concerns about extrajudicial killings, which the CRAB-attributed outlets do not report.

Dhaka TimesAmar DeshUnited News of Bangladesh (UNB)Channel iThe Financial Express

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