Female journo gets death threat

A female journalist has received a death threat allegedly from the followers of Rajarbagh Pir (saint) Dillur Rahman after broadcasting a report.
The victim, Farah Bilkis, senior reporter of Nagorik Television, filed a general diary with Hatijheel Police Station on August 29 in this connection.
According to the GD, on August 23 and 24, she broadcast a report on Pir Dillur Rahman and his followers.
While making the report, the followers of Rajarbagh Pir stopped her and her team from taking the footage. The followers also visited her office (Nagorik TV) so that the report could not be broadcast.
The followers also asked her not to broadcast the report through Whatsapp, said the GD.
Besides, her Facebook account was hacked soon after the report was published and since then, the Pir's followers are constantly threatening her.
Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU), Law Reporters Forum (LRF), and some other journalist organisations have condemned and protested the threat to the journalist.

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