Tangail’s Ghatail correspondent for the Daily Samakal, Masum Mia, was threatened by UNO and Municipal Administrator Md. Mahmudul Hasan for filing an application seeking information under the Right to Information Act. He issued this threat to the media worker over the phone on the afternoon of September 23, 2026. Earlier that morning, Masum Mia had submitted an application under the Right to Information Act to the municipal administrator seeking information.