Fakhrul visits injured photojournalist Ahad

Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday visited AP photojournalist AM Ahad who was injured in an attack by unidentified youths while covering student protests in the capital,news agency UNB reports.

Fakhrul went to United Hospital around 6:30pm and stayed beside Ahad for a while, said BNP chairperson's media wing member Sayrul Kabir Khan.

He also talked to doctors and enquired about Ahad's health condition.

The BNP leader wished early recovery of the AP photojournalist.

Ahad was injured as some rowdy youths beat him near Dhaka City College on Sunday while taking photos of those attacked students during their agitations seeking safe roads.