Wrist of BCL man severed by party rivals

Party rivals severed the wrist of an activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in Pakshey union under Ishwardi upazila of the district yesterday.

The victim is tenth grader Md Sourav Hasan Tuntuni, 17, son of Tuhin Hossain of Rooppur village.

He was admitted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital in a critical condition.

Police and locals said the men of BCL Pakshey unit president caught Sourav, supporter of Miraz Hasan, general secretary of the unit, in front of Pakshey Paper Mills around 5:00pm and cut off his left wrist.

The law enforcers are raiding different areas to arrest the attackers, said Biman Kumar, officer-in-charge of Ishwardi Police Station.  

Ahmed Sharif Dablu, president of the district unit of BCL, said Sourav came under attack over previous enmity between the unit president and secretary.