A case has been lodged with the Gournadi Upazila Magistrate Court in Barisal on Monday against BNP lawmaker Jahiruddin Swapan and his 17 associates from Gournadi and Agoiljhara. Belayet Hossain Bablu, staff reporter of The Daily Jugantor's Barisal bureau, lodged the case. According to the allegation statement, a number of BNP loyalist goons hijacked a microbus carrying the Bangla daily newspaper Jugantor from Dhaka-Barisal highway early morning on October 12. They drove away with the vehicle after beating up the diver and helper. Later, they burnt hundreds of copies of the newspaper. The incident occurred after the newspaper ran a report the previous day, October 11, on BNP lawmaker Jahiruddin Swapan.
The case was lodged before the magistrate court as Gournadi Police Station refused to register the case earlier that day. Magistrate Abdullah Al Mamun received the case and ordered the officer-in-charge of Gournadi Police Station to investigate into the case immediately and take necessary actions.