Shibir men cut BCL leader’s tendons

Shibir activists yesterday cut the tendons of both legs and the left hand of a Bangladesh Chhatra League leader in Rajshahi city.
The victim, Shimul Ahmed Duke, 20, is a joint convener of Motihar thana unit BCL, the pro-Awami League student body.
Duke, a second-year student of Agrani School and College, was first taken to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) and then referred to Dhaka.
Ziaur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Boalia Police Station, said some seven activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami, with firearms and sharp weapons waylaid Duke near Rajshahi University Fine Arts Institute around 11:30am.

Source: Star

HSC student Shimul Ahmed in hospital after Islami Chhatra Shibir activists cut the tendons of his legs and left arm in front of the fine arts department of Rajshahi University. Shimul is the joint convener of Ruet Agrani School and College unit of Chhatra League.

Duke was going to his college by rickshaw with the president of the college unit, Shibir Raju Ahmed, his classmate and friend.
The attackers, some covering their faces, stabbed Duke severely in his legs, arms and back, leaving him critically injured.
As local shopkeeper Rentu came forward to save him, the Shibir men brandished a pistol and ran away, said Duke’s uncle Jahangir Alam.
Locals rescued Duke and whisked him off to the RMCH where he underwent two hours of surgery.
Tendons of both his legs and left hand were chopped at three or four places, and Duke also was stabbed in his back, said Prof BK Dam, head of the RMCH orthopaedic surgery department.
Duke needs immediate vascular surgery as his veins were damaged at many places and so he was referred to Dhaka, he added.
After the attack, Raju went into hiding. Family members of Duke alleged that Raju was behind the attack.
Meanwhile, police detained two Shibir activists for their alleged involvement in the attack, said Ziaur.