Youth 'injures himself'

A young man was severely injured after allegedly partially cutting off his private organ and other body parts in the capital's Vatara yesterday.

The 25-year-old was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital around 11:30am, accompanied by two men, said Bachchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH police outpost.

He has partial cutting injury at the base of his genital and both elbows and ankles, said a doctor there.

“He worked at a woodshop in Gulshan,” said OC Nurul Muttakim of Vatara Police Station, adding, “He said he inflicted the injuries on himself.”

When asked about the cause of the injury, the youth told The Daily Star that he had many enemies and everyone wanted to kill him.

The duo, who admitted him to the DMCH, also worked at the same shop, claimed the OC. Both of their phones were found switched off.