A Correspondent:
Rangpur: Home Affairs and Agriculture Adviser Lieutenant General (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chow-dhury has called upon journalists to reveal the truth against the propaganda of the Indian media.
“No unstable environment has been created in the country. The Indian media is carrying out widespread propaganda and misinformation about Bangladesh,” he said and urged journalists to weigh the truth against the Indian media’s propaganda.
The adviser said this yesterday while talking to reporters after visiting the grave of Shaheed Abu Sayeed, a martyr in the anti-discrimination student movement, and meeting his family members, in Babanpur village of Pirganj upazila in the district.
The adviser said only journalists can stop this false propaganda of the Indian media by revealing the truth.
“I request our journalists to tell the truth and publish the truth. Then those who are spreading propaganda will get lime ink on their faces,” he said.
BGB Director General Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui, RAB Director General AKM Shahidur Rahman, Bangladesh Police Rangpur Range DIG Aminul Islam, Rangpur Police Super-intendent Mohammad Sharif Uddin and senior officials of the local administration were present.
Earlier, the Home Affairs Advisor paid tributes to Shaheed Abu Sayeed’s grave and inquired about his family members and distributed winter clothes among the cold-stricken people of the area.
In the afternoon, the Home Affairs Adviser exchanged views with police officials of all its district units of Rangpur division, Rangpur Metropolitan Police, Rapid Action Battalion, BGB, Coast Guard, Ansar and VDP, Fire Service and Civil Defense, Immigration and Passport and Narcotics Control Departments at the Rangpur Police Lines School and College auditorium.
Later, he exchanged views with officials of different organisations under the Ministry of Agriculture at the office of the Additional Director of Rangpur region of the Department of Agricultural Extension.
