Bangladesh, June 1 -- A group of people carried out an attack on the family of a journalist over a trifle matter, breaking his elderly father's right hand and injuring his elder brother.

The incident happened at Goijuddin Akan Kandi at Palerchar under Zajira upazila of Shariatpur on the afternoon of 25 May.

The journalist named Md Mahabub Alam, senior reporter (crime) at the Daily Sun, filed a complaint with Zajira Police Station on 29 May.

Now, the influential people are creating pressure on the family to settle the matter locally, said the victim family. They have threatened to carry out a fresh attack on the family and their houses if they (family) will ignore their words.

According to the complaint and locals, a storm uprooted a ...