Bangladeshi police say that unidentified men have stabbed a journalist to death apparently for his reports on the illegal drug trade in south-western Bangladesh.
Local police chief A.K.M. Faruk Hossain said Saturday that the attack on Zamal Uddin took place late Friday at Kashipur Bazar in Jessore district bordering India. The area is 140 kilometres west of the capital, Dhaka.
Uddin worked for the Bengali-language daily Gramer Kagoj.
The police chief says Uddin had recently filed a complaint with police seeking security after he was threatened for his articles on the illicit drug trade.
Local journalists will demonstrate Saturday to protest his slaying.
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these incidents depicting the killing of media persons is a greatest threat to a country. if media persons are not safe in a country like India and Bangladesh, what more can one ask.this is a shameful act by the persons responsible behind the killing and Bangladeshi government should probe into the incident so that the culprits are nabbed as early as possible.If the keepers of truth are not safe then who else is safe.
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