Youth's tendon severed

An alleged criminal cut tendon of a youth in Nandigram upazila of the district yesterday. The victim is Moklesur Rahman, 30, son of Mohammad Alam of Kathom village in the upazila. Police and locals said around 9:00am, Moklesur and accused Osman Gani alias Kalu, 32, locked in an altercation over previous enmity. At one stage, Kalu severed tendon of Moklesur's left hand with a Chinese axe. Later, local people caught Kalu after a chase and handed him over to police after giving him a good beating.