Shawdesh desk:

A doctor who was injured in an attack by his rivals at his chamber in Cumilla city’s Race Course area on Saturday, died from his injuries at United Hospital in Dhaka on early Monday.

The victim, Zahirul Haque, died from his injuries at about 6:30am while undergoing treatment at the hospital, said Azizur Rahman Siddiqui, director of Cumilla Medical College Hospital.

Earlier, pediatrician Zahirul Haque and his wife Farhana Afrin Himi were indiscriminately stabbed inside the victim’s chamber on Saturday afternoon.

Kazi Sharif, elder brother of Himi, said that a group of people came and attacked the couple with sharp weapons over a dispute within the management committee of Shapla Tower in Race Course area of the city.

The doctor’s chamber was located at Shapla Tower where he and his wife were stabbed on Saturday.

Later, a case was filed accusing five people following a complaint lodged by Zahir’s wife Farhana Himi.

The accused are Salauddin Morshed Bhuiya alias Pappu, his wife Sumi, their sons Arham and Ahnaf, and Silver Development chairman Faruq Ahmed.

Police arrested one Salauddin Morshed Pappu in connection with the incident, said Ahmed Sonzur Morshed, officer-in-charge of Kotwali Model Police Station.

Efforts are on to arrest the remaining accused as well, he added.

Meanwhile, BMA Cumilla president Abdul Baki Anis, general secretary Ataur Rahman Jasim, Swachip Cumilla general secretary Morshed Alam, among others, demanded justice for the victims.