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A renowned photographer from Bangladesh said Sunday that he had been a victim of "unwanted cruelty" after being sacked on an image of a couple kissing each other. A social media storm in the Muslim majority conservative country
Purboposhchimbd's information portal said that Jibon Ahmed was "not fit" to work for the company because of doubts on the image of the kiss
insisted that he had proof that the image was spontaneous and said that he was mistreated by other photographers because of the image.
In a post on Facebook, Ahmed said that he had been "exposed to unwanted cruelty" because of the "mighty" photo.
"I have never believed that a click would create as many stories." In this photo, social and traditional media are inundated with fake and true stories about me. , he said about divisions
The couple kissed under the monsoon rain on the steps of the campus of Dhaka University .He posted it – with the caption "Rain songs – that love be free" – on his Facebook page while the news portal was also using it.
The photo quickly became viral in Bangladesh.
praise media to bring a hint of social freedom, but conservatives wondered if the photo had violated the mores of Bangladesh in matters of public decency.
Media commentators asked if Ahmed asked the couple's permission for publish the photo
Ahmed – who captured the consequences A writer was killed by r Islamist extremists on the Dhaka campus three years ago – other photographers have confronted him about the image of the kiss.
"They asked me why I took the picture, one of them even slapped me during the quarrel", he told AFP. "I said that it was a symbol of pure love."
After publishing the photo, Purboposhchimbd later wrote an article saying that he thought the photo had been "pre-planned" and that the photographer had "excused himself."
-e-Naharin, said the company asked Ahmed to bring a lawsuit against the photographers who would have beaten him but he did not come for a meeting to discuss the issue.
She also said that there were suspicions. models "and that Ahmed was not" fit "to work for the news portal.
" We repeatedly asked him to come and explain why he was being abused and why he had said sorry to photographers and if models were used He did not contact me, he denigrated our honor, "she told AFP
Ahmed, who said he was fired, rejected the Employer criticisms and insisted that the image was "natural" … He said that his conscience would not let him sue his fellow journalists
The couple on the photo n 39 made no public comment.
(This story was not edited by the NDTV team and is automatically generated a syndicated feed.)
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