Ex-chairman beaten in Sunamganj

Rivals beat up a former chairman of Bangshi Konda Dakkhin union parishad in Dharmapasha upazila of Sunamganj yesterday afternoon.

The seriously injured victim, Saidur Rahman was referred to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital in the evening.

Relatives alleged that some people of present Chairman Azim Mahmud made the attack while the latter refuted the allegation and said a group of villagers attacked Saidur over some land dispute.

Mazharul Islam, officer-in-charge of Madhyanagar Police Station, said, "Men of present Chairman Azim Mahmud hit the former chairman Saidur Rahman with local weapons over a land dispute, causing serious injuries to him. No case has been filed yet."