Criminals cut BNP leader's tendons

An unidentified gang severed tendons of hands and legs of a BNP leader in Jhenidah town on Monday night.
The victim, Shahjahan Ali, 47, president of Naldanga union unit of BNP, was admitted to
Jhenidah General Hospital and then shifted to Dhaka for better treatment.
Police and family sources said a gang of unknown criminals swooped on Shahjahan near television relay centre while he was returning home in Sadar upazila from the district town at around 8:00pm.
The gang cut off the tendons of his hands and legs and left the scene immediately. Soon after admission to Jhenidah General Hospital, doctors referred him to a hospital in the capital.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) Kazi Jalal Uddin Ahmed of Jhenidah Sadar Police Station said Shahjahan came under attack as a sequel to a conflict with the gang over by-election to the post of chairman of Naldanga Union Parishad (UP) held on August 14.
The post fell vacant after UP chairman Ruhul Amin was murdered by some unknown assailants in the evening of June 16 this year.
No case was filed with the police station concerned in connection with the incident as of 5:00pm yesterday, the OC said.