Sonadanga AL leader injured in attack
A leader of Sonadanga thana Awami League was severely injured in an attack by some unidentified criminals at 12 noon in a tea stall in Gobarchaka area in the city. T M Arif is undergoing treatment in Khulna General Hospital.
According to eye witnesses, the attackers were led by drug peddler Hannan of Gobarchaka under Sonadanga Police Station. The attackers' bid to kill him failed as he ran away and took shelter in a nearby house, eye witnesses said. Police later rescued him and sent him to hospital.
Police said that the attack is probably a sequel to intra-party rivalry as the victim was aspiring to become the next general secretary of Sonadanga thana unit of Awami League. The post is now being held temporality by another leader Shajahan Parvez.
This post fell vacant after Manzur Morshed Labu was killed by outlaws also at Gobarchaka in bomb attack in February last year.
A case was recorded with Sonadanga thana naming two persons as accused.
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