On May 19, 2026, Akkas Al Mahmud (Hridoy), the Burichang-Brahmanpara Upazila Correspondent for Daily Kaler Kantho, and Md. Shariful Islam (Suman), Chief Editor of Cumilla Protidin, were violently assaulted in Brahmanpara, Comilla. The attack occurred at approximately 10:30 PM at the Shashidal Railway Station while the journalists were recording video footage of illicit Indian goods and narcotics being smuggled onto a Chittagong-bound train. A gang of 12 to 14 smugglers, including identified individuals Kabir Hossain, Parul Akhter, and Russel, ambushed the reporters, beat them across two separate locations, and issued death threats. The perpetrators systematically plundered the journalists’ cash and mobile phones containing the evidence before fleeing the jurisdiction.
