Physician stabbed by ex-colleague

A physician of Fultola health complex came under a knife attack reportedly by his former colleague at his chamber in Fultola upazila on Monday.

The injured, physician Uttam Kumar Dewan, 40, is a pediatric consultant of the health complex while the attacker Mohsin Gazi is a sub-assistant community medical officer of Narail district sadar sub-health complex.

Md Monirul Islam, officer-in-charge of Fultola police station, said Mohsin went to the chamber of Uttam around 10:30am and stabbed him indiscriminately, leaving him critically injured.

Hospital staff managed to catch Mohsin with the knife when he was trying to flee.

Later, he was handed over to police

The critical injured physician was sent to Khulna Medical College Hospital.