Attempt on AL leader

Armed criminals yesterday attacked Advocate Abdul Ahad Babu, office secretary of Pabna district unit of AL, when he was coming to the court on a motorbike. Babu managed to escape attack but his companion on the bike, Mahamud, was critically injured. Police and locals said that a gang of armed rivals attacked them in the morning with lethal weapons. As Babu fled the scene, the attackers stabbed Mahamud several times. Mahamud was rushed to Pabna General Hospital in a critical condition. Intra-party feud might be behind the attack, officer-in-charge of Pabna police station Motiur Rahman said.