Senior journos for boycotting MP Rony

Several senior TV journalists have urged everyone to boycott ruling party MP Golam Maula Rony for allegedly assaulting newsmen.

The call was given out in a joint media statement on Sunday, a day after the MP reportedly beat up two journalists of Independent TV.

Rony and his associates attacked journalists Imtiaz Momin Sony and cameraman Mohsin Mukul, who went to his Meherba Plaza office at Topkhana Road to interview him for a crimes-based programme.

He was seen throwing punches and kicks at the newsmen in a video footage.

The senior journalists expressed concern over the attack and urged the government to ensure punishment of those responsible.

Until the matter was resolved, they called on everyone not to invite the MP to any programmes.

The Patuakhali-3 MP refused his association with the assault but offered apologies and promised to carry treatment costs and pay damages.

Rony and the Independent TV authorities have sued each other over the incident.

Boishakhi TV’s Manjurul Ahsan Bulbul, NTV’s Khairul Anwar, Channel 71’s Syed Ishtiaque Reza, Bangla Vision’s Mostofa Firoz, Ekushey Television’s Ibrahim Azad, Desh TV’s Alok Das Gupta, Independent TV’s Khaled Muhiuddin, Channel I’s Saiful Amin, ATN Bangla’s Z E Mamun, ATN News’s Munni Saha, Maasranga TV’s Rejwanul Haq Raja, S A TV’s Shariful Islam, RTV’s Lutfur Rahman, Gazi TV’s Mesbah Ahmed, Mohona TV’s Sohel Mahmud, and My TV’s Mahmud Al Faisal signed the statement.