MP Kamal Majumder assaults TV reporter

Ruling Awami League lawmaker Kamal Ahmed Majumder assaulted a female television journalist at Monipur High School and College at Mirpur in the capital yesterday.

Television footage showed Kamal Majumder striking Aparna's (staff reporter of Rtv) hand and pushing her aside, saying, "Keep it [the microphone] away…keep it away." The lawmaker was also heard calling her "stupid" and ordering some men surrounding him to "slap her".