{"id":1902,"date":"2025-07-14T05:54:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T05:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=1902"},"modified":"2025-09-17T18:29:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T12:29:10","slug":"remembering-journalist-pradip-bhowmick-killed-by-protesters-in-sirajganj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=1902","title":{"rendered":"Remembering journalist Pradip Bhowmick, killed by protesters in Sirajganj"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pradip Kumar Bhowmick was a Sirajganj-based journalist, leader of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and an organiser of Udichi Shilpi Goshthi.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The anti-government anarchists, mostly members of the BNP and Jamaat-Shibir, found him at the Raiganj Press Club in the afternoon on August 4 last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just a while ago, they vandalised the nearby Awami League office as part of their non-cooperation programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They brought him outside the office and killed him by using sharp weapons and sticks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until then, Pradip was the fifth journalist killed since July 16. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was the Raiganj correspondent of the daily Khobor Patra and joint general secretary of the press club. He had been involved in journalism for more than 30 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remembering Haradhon Roy, a popular Awami League leader in Rangpur<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

51 journalists protest threat to press freedom in Bangladesh<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On that day, at least 23 journalists were attacked in Dhaka, Manikganj, and Thakurgaon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CPB condemned <\/a>the death of Pradip Bhowmick, who was the district unit member and general secretary of the Raiganj Upazila unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saidur Rahman Bachchu, member of the BNP Central Executive Committee and General Secretary of Sirajganj District Unit, visited his house to console his family members in September.<\/p>\n\n\n

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BNP leader Saidur Rahman Bachchu visited journalist Pradip’s house<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Bachchu is the much-talked-about BNP leader who, during a party rally, admitted to having killed 17 police members at the Enayetpur police station on August 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family in despair<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pradip\u2019s family members alleged that, although applications were made for martyr recognition and government grants after his death, his name had not been included in any list until early July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How press freedom is suppressed in Bangladesh: A statistical study<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

July death toll fraud exposed: Activists seek UN accountability<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

His younger son, Sujan Kumar Bhowmick, told Bangla Tribune<\/a> recently that after his mother died three years ago, his father was the only refuge for the family, though he had suffered a stroke two years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sujan was left speechless upon witnessing his father’s bloody body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We had no one else except him. Now we are spending our days in an inhumane manner.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sujan said they did not receive any government assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bashundhara Group’s Kaler Kantho newspaper authorities gave the family Tk 2 lakh, while the Journalist Welfare Trust gave Tk 1 lakh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now Sujan is now pursuing his father’s profession. He is a journalist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: “I came to this profession because of my father’s inspiration. First, I worked at the Daily Sabuj Bangla. After my father’s death, I became the local correspondent of the daily Kaler Kantho.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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