{"id":2689,"date":"2025-08-07T18:40:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T18:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=2689"},"modified":"2025-08-07T18:44:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T18:44:59","slug":"video-of-brutal-torture-of-journalist-in-front-of-police-goes-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrepublicbd.com\/?p=2689","title":{"rendered":"Video of brutal torture of journalist in front of police goes viral"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While the country was reeling from the shocking murder of a journalist in Gazipur on Thursday night, a video of a mob brutally torturing another journalist in the same district went viral on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In both cases, the journalists were working to report extortion<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anwar Hossain Sourav, 35, was beaten up and hit with bricks by 7-8 extortionists in front of the police while collecting news in Sahapara area on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journalist hacked to death in Gazipur for reporting extortion<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

88 expat Bangladeshis condemn persecution of journalists<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NCP chief Nahid\u2019s aide among 5 arrested for extortion<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The attackers hit his face and head with a brick, like in the Mitford incident in the capital. Police members were nearby, but they did not stop the attackers, let alone arrest them.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The criminals created a mob and tortured Anwar Hossain on the street<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

He is now undergoing treatment in a hospital with serious injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anwar works as a staff reporter for the daily Bangladesher Alo in Gazipur. His mother, Anwara Sultana, has filed a written complaint with the Gazipur Sadar police station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case says the accused were collecting an average of Tk30-40 from auto-rickshaws and CNG-run auto-rickshaws in the Sahapara area of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Videos of brutal murders expose mobocracy under Yunus regime<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

11 murders per day: Yunus is slammed for downplaying crime rates<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Anwara went to collect news on this issue, the accused, including Raktim, Sourav and Farid, came to know about it. Later, they created a mob of 15-16 people and attacked him. They took him behind a tea shop with the intention of killing him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They also snatched two mobile phones and Tk26,250 in cash from Anwar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later, the police and local people came and rescued him in a half-dead state and admitted him to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Medical College Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said: \u201cMy son is a journalist. He was brutally beaten without committing any crime. We are in the hospital with our son, but we are terrified.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Journalist Md Asaduzzaman Tuhin<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Sadar police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mehedi Hasan said that they are working to arrest the accused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Thursday night, the daily Protidiner Kagoj reporter, Md Asaduzzaman Tuhin, was hacked and slaughtered in Eidgah Market area of Chandana Chowrasta, only a few hours after making a Facebook live on extortion from footpaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He did not make any comment on the police\u2019s inaction and negligence of duty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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