Extortionists stabbed a public prosecutor (PP) in the town yesterday as he refused to accede to their demand.
The victim, Special Public Prosecutor advocate Delwar Hossain, came under attack in front of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Court at around 12:30pm
A gang of five stabbed Delwar, also the president of Jubo League Dinajpur district unit, as he refused to bow to their demand for Tk10, 000, Akramul Amin, general secretary of Dinajpur Lawyers' Association, quoted Delwar as saying.
Hearing screams, other lawyers and locals rushed to the spot, chased the extortionists and caught one of the gang members named Russel Munshi while the rest managed to flee.
Source : The Daily Star
