Party rivals cut off AL man's tendons
A group of party rivals severed the tendons of an Awami League activist at Mominpur village in Naldanga upazila of the district on Friday.
The victim, Mansur Rahman, 45, is an activist of local AL and a resident of the same village.
Police quoted locals as saying that there had been a longstanding dispute between Akkas Ali, former president of ward unit of AL and Mansur Rahman, over several local issues.
A gang of 14/15 youths led by Akkas Ali's son Mizan, hacked and cut off Mansur's tendons with sharp weapons, while the later was taking tea at a stall in Mominpur Bazar around 9:30pm on Friday, leaving him critically injured.
Locals rushed him to Natore Sadar Hospital, from where he was referred to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH), following deterioration of his condition.
Meanwhile, the attackers again launched a fresh attack on the ambulance that was carrying Mansur from Natore to RMCH, but failed to do further harm to him.
Manirul Islam, officer in-charge of Naldanga Police Station, said Marium Begum, daughter of the victim filed a case with the police station, accusing 15 people yesterday morning.
Later in a drive, police arrested AL activists-- Jahurul islam, Mizanur Rahman, Maruf Hossain, Alam Uddin, Uzzal Hossain in this connection and recovered some sharp weapons from them.
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