A large number of journalists and photojournalists also gathered in front of the Jatiya Press Club here this morning and formed a human chain in protest against the attacks, the Daily Star reported.
They demanded the government to identify and arrest those involved in attacks on journalists after analysing the video footages.
“I am urging the information minister and home minister to sit with the journalists and try to identify those who played a role in the attacks and ensure they are punished,” BFUJ general secretary Shaban Mahmud was quoted as saying in the Daily Star.
A number of journalists also formed a human chain at the SAARC Fountain in Karwan Bazar area.
It is alleged that students associated with the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) which is associated with the ruling Awami League and the Bangladesh Juba League (BJL) — the ruling party’s youth front, were involved in attacks on journalists, media reports said.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has asked journalists to come up with clear evidence that the BCL was involved in the attacks on their colleagues.
“Tell me specifically who from Chhatra League were involved? Please give me a list,” he told reporters during a press conference at the party chief’s office at Dhanmondi yesterday.
He refuted allegations that members of the ruling party’s student wing were involved in the attacks on the journalists in the Dhanmondi area on Sunday.Meanwhile, the police has arrested 11 people for the violence during the unprecedented protests by the students over road safety.
“Police have registered 27 cases and the number of arrestees and cases would rise,” Md Muntasirul Islam, a deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police was quoted as saying by the bdnews24.com. Six people were detained over student-police clashes at Shahbagh yesterday.
