An acting union parishad chairman and upazila level leader of Bangladesh Nationalist Party was stabbed by helmet-wearing unknown miscreant in Alamdanga upazila of Chuadanga, said police on Sunday.
The attack occurred at a tea stall at Kaporpatty (Tati Shed) area of Alamdanga town at about 7:45pm on Saturday.
The victim is Mahbubur Rahman Mahbubul, 50, acting chairman of Kumari UP and relief and rehabilitation secretary at the upazila unit of the party.
Witnesses said that the attacker fled the scene when locals rushed to the spot after hearing screams.
The victim was rushed to Chuadanga Sadar Hospital where he was undergoing treatment.
Alamdanga police station officer-in-charge Masudur Rahman Masud said that they visited the spot and were trying to identify and detain the attacker.
A legal process was underway in that connection, the OC said.
Victim Mahbubul said that he was having tea with his union BNP president and secretary at Tati Shed area in the evening when someone wearing a helmet suddenly attacked him from behind with a sharp weapon. 鈥業 don鈥檛 remember much after that.鈥�
His wife Jesmin Nahar said that her husband had no known enemies and didn鈥檛 know who attacked him.
Nazmus Saqib, a physician at Sadar Hospital, said that Mahabul sustained sharp weapon injuries in two places on his right hand, requiring stitches. There were also injury marks on other parts of his body.