Dhaka, March 20 -- A Union Parishad (UP) member has been brutally murdered in Khulna's Fultola Upazila.

Faruk Mollah, 48, was beaten, slashed, and had his leg tendons severed by a group of assailants.

The incident took place around 12:30pm on Wednesday in the village of Madhdanga under the Bejeradanga area.

According to Moniruzzaman Khan, the investigation officer at Fultola Police Station, several individuals attacked Faruk, leaving him severely injured before abandoning him, believing he was dead.

They also set fire to his motorcycle.

Locals rushed Faruk to Fultola Upazila Health Complex, where his condition worsened.

He was then transferred to Khulna Medical College Hospital for treatment, before being shifted to Dhaka for advanc...