July Shaheed Smriti Foundation on Sunday distributed financial assistances among the people, who were injured during the students-people mass uprising.
Posts, telecommunications and information technology adviser Md Nahid Islam handed over the cheques of the financial assistances from the foundation to the wounded at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said a ministry press release.
About the treatment of the injured in abroad, Nahid Islam, also the adviser of the ministry of information and broadcasting, said that necessary measures would be taken as per the advice of the concerned doctors.
鈥榃e will bear the expenses for those who have received treatment in different places before coming to the DMCH.鈥�
Replying to a query regarding the case filed against the journalists, the adviser, however, said that those, who were directly associated with the fascist government, as well as worked as instigators and supported the genocide, would be brought under trial.
鈥楢part from this, a committee has been formed under the ministry of information and broadcasting to look into the matter if any case is filed against someone unfairly,鈥� he said.
鈥業f any journalist or his/her family feel that they are suffering due to the case, they can contact with us, we will help them.鈥�
On the cases of injured and victims, the adviser said that a legal team was working in that regard, adding that they would hold the trial in special tribunal.
During the visit, injured Jamal Hussain requested the adviser to arrange monthly allowance for the elderly persons and employment for the youths.
July Shaheed Smriti Foundation secretary Mir Mahbubur Rahman Snigdh presented the details of the financial assistances given to the injured.
On the day, Tk 1,22,64,400 has been distributed to 122 injured. Among them, 23 out of 30 people, receiving treatment at the DMCH, have been given a cheque of Tk 1 lakh each, while remaining 7 persons have been given the money through bKash wallet due to incompletion of their names.
Besides, cash assistance has also been sent to the bKash wallet of 33 people, receiving treatment at the national institute of ophthalmology, while 59 people at the national orthopaedic hospital and rehabilitation institute.
So far, Tk 1,71,42,050 has been given to 176 injured people from the July Shaheed Smriti Foundation.