A journalist in Lakshmipur’s Komolnagar upazila has reported receiving a death threat online after posting a video about alleged canal encroachment during a government excavation program. Amzad Hossain Amu, the Komolnagar correspondent of the newspaper Amar Desh, filed a general diary with the local police on Tuesday night, accusing local BNP leader Sekantar Alam of issuing the threat through a Facebook comment.

According to the report, Amu visited the Koraitola Bazar area on March 24 to gather information about the Water Development Board’s alleged filling of a waterbody for shop construction. He later posted a 1-minute-35-second video on Facebook criticizing the encroachment. The video drew thousands of views and dozens of comments, including one from Sekantar Alam containing abusive language and a death threat. Alam later claimed his Facebook account had been hacked and said he planned to file a court case, without specifying details.

Komolnagar BNP president Nurul Huda Chowdhury stated that Alam no longer holds any party position and left the BNP years ago. Police confirmed the general diary and said legal action would be taken.