2 Bangla Vision staff assaulted by Rab Three closed to Battalion Headquarters

Three Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel were closed to Battalion Headquarters after they severely beat and injured two staffs of Bangla Vision, a private television channel, at Kathalbagan in the city yesterday.

The injured Cameraman Russel Mizan and Broadcast Engineer Hasanul Islam Raihan of Bangla Vision were admitted to Square Hospital.

Bangla Vision sources said an employee of the channel and another of United Leasing, a private company, locked in a quarrel in the afternoon inside a bus.

Both the channel and the company are situated on the same building in Kathalbagan.

When the two got down, they called their colleagues and a clash ensued around 4:45pm, said Officer-in-Charge Enamul Haque of Kalabagan Police Station.

At one point, one of the company's employees, claiming to be a former major of the army, threatened to call Rab, said the sources.

Sometime later, the three Rab personnel arrived in plainclothes followed by another Rab team in uniform. Favoring the company, they joined the clash, severely beating the two, said witnesses.

In the evening, high officials of Rab brought the situation under control and had a meeting with the channel's authority around 8:00pm.

During this time, Rab freed one of the channel's employees they picked up during the clash, said the sources.

Commander M Sohail, director of Rab's legal and media wing, said three Rab personnel also sustained injuries during the clash. They would investigate into the matter, he added.