Dhaka, April 6 -- Assailants have attacked and smashed both arms of the editor of the Natore-based daily Prantojon in the town's Chandrakala.

Sajedul Islam Selim, 45, was assaulted around 12:15pm on Sunday while returning home from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib College in Chandrakala where he is a lecturer, said Natore Sadar Police Station chief Mahabur Rahman.

Following the assault, Selim, a resident of Panditgram in Natore Sadar, was taken to the Sadar Hospital with his body peppered with injuries.

"Both of his arms are broken, and we're giving him oxygen support," said Dr Palash Kumar Saha of the hospital.

Citing bystanders, police said a group of men had intercepted Selim's motorcycle near Chandrakala Bazar.

They dragged him to a near...