A case has been filed against 23 individuals, including student leader Sohel Rari, for attacking two journalists and burning a motorcycle at the Barishal court gate. The accused have been charged with issuing death threats against the journalists. Local BNP leaders, including Abul Kalam Shaheen and Afroza Khanam Nasreen, visited the injured journalists in the hospital, declaring that the party would not take responsibility for personal crimes but would take organizational action.