Leaders and activists of Habiganj district BNP unit are observing a dawn-to-dusk hartal peacefully demanding death penalty of the criminal who attacked on suspended municipality mayor Golam Kibria Gaus

The hartal was enforced since 6:00am and it will continue till 6:00pm in the district, reports our Moulvibazar correspondent.

Suspended mayor Gaus came under attack in the jail yesterday morning after Eid congregations, said Shamim Iqbal, jailer of the Habiganj district jail.

An accused stabbed him with a knife in the jail, the jailer added.

Gaus, who was also in jail in connection with a case, was given necessary treatment after the attack.