Moazzem Hossain Nannu, a crime reporter of Daily Jugantor and a former secretary of Crime Reporters Association of Bangladesh (Crab), on Friday sustained burn injuries in a fire incident at his residence in Dhaka.
Inspector Bacchu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) police camp, said the incident took place at Peace Tajmahal Apartment in Aftabnagar area of the capital at around 4:00 am.
Resident Medical officer of the DMCH burn unit Dr Partha Shankar Pal said Nannu received 60 per cent burn injury and he is undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital.
Nannu’s wife said the fire broke out when he put off the light of the room of their son Shapnil who died recently in an AC blast incident.
Meanwhile, President Abul Khayer and general secretary Asaduzzaman Biku of Crime Reporters Association of Bangladesh (Crab) sought doa from all for the early recovery of the journalist.
On January 2, Shapnil Ahmed Piash, 26, son of Moazzem Hossain Nannu, died after the compressor of an air-conditioner (AC) exploded in their house.
