Woman journalist mobbed in Dhaka, accused of being Indian agent

A mob surrounded senior Bangladesh journalist Munni Saha in Dhaka last night and accused her of spreading misinformation and "doing everything to make Bangladesh a part of India". Saha was heckled as she kept saying, "This is also my country". Eventually, a police team came and took her into custody.

According to reports in Bangladesh media, Saha was wanted in a case linked to a student's death during the anti-reservation protests in the neighbouring country that led to its former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ouster. Police said Saha was rescued from Dhaka's Kawran Bazar area, where a mob had surrounded her.

The mob accused her of spreading misinformation and attempting to do “everything to make Bangladesh a part of India". She kept nodding in denial as she kept on saying, “This is my country too".

Rezaul Karim Mallik, a senior officer of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, told The Daily Star Newspaper, "People handed her over to the police. She suffered a panic attack. We have released her after considering her health condition and the fact that she is a woman journalist." Saha has been asked to seek bail from court and comply with police summons in the future.

Several journalists in Bangladesh have been charged with crimes against humanity after the ouster of Sheikh Hasina and the taking over of the Yunus interim government.