Noor assaulted at BSMMU

Former minister Asaduzzaman Noor was assaulted at BSMMU yesterday by injured patients of the recent student-led mass uprising when he was taken there for physiotherapy.
Tanvir Imam, son of HT Imam, former political adviser of the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, was also attacked at that time, eyewitnesses said.
The incident happened around noon at the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Ward of the hospital, where several injured patients were already undergoing physiotherapy, hospital sources said.
“They recognised the two AL leaders when they were taken to the ward for physiotherapy from the prison cell of the hospital. Some of them got angry and punched them,” a prison official told The Daily Star.
“Later, officials from the jail and police, with help from doctors, took Noor and Tanvir to safety,” he said.
The attackers were later taken to the office of BSMMU Director Brig Gen Dr Md Rezaur Rahman.
A family member of the former minister said, “Noor was hospitalised with severe pain in the lower part of his body and doctors said he needed regular physio. His spinal degeneration has gotten worse and he’s experiencing weakness in his legs.
“But today he couldn’t even get any therapy because of this [attack].”
BSMMU Director Brig Gen Dr Md Rezaur Rahman said, “We heard about the incident and a team is trying to know the details.”
The team would investigate the incident to determine what happened and the reasons behind it, he added.
Noor, the ex-cultural affairs minister, was arrested in the capital’s Bailey Road area on September 16 and sent to jail in a murder case while Tanvir was arrested in Gulshan area on September 18.