A newly-elected chairman of Bhadsha union in Sadar upazila, who suffered injuries in an attack by miscreants on June 4, died at a private hospital in the capital on Sunday morning. The deceased, AK Azad, succumbed to his injuries at Popular Hospital in Dhaka at about 6:00am, said Officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station Farid Hossain. Earlier on June 4, a gang of miscreants attacked Azad near his house at Konchkuri village when he was returning home by a motorbike from Durgadah Bazar at about 10:00pm. The attackers hacked Azad and later fired at him, leaving him seriously injured. Azad was rushed to Joypurhat Sadar Adhunik Hospital from where he was shifted to Bogra Shahid Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital. As his condition deteriorated, he was shifted to Dhaka. — Joypurhat, June 12 (UNB)
