UNO Wahida can move her right hand

Physical condition of Ghoraghat Upazila Nirbahi Officer Wahida Khanam, who is undergoing treatment at a Dhaka hospital, has improved and she can move the fingers of her right hand.

"Her physical condition has improved. She can move her right hand which was paralysed. We are giving her physiotherapy. She may need to stay at the hospital for over a week," Dr Mohammad Zahed Hossain, chief of the Neurotrauma Department of the National Institute of Neurosciences & Hospital (MINH), told The Daily Star.

UNO Wahida and her father Omar Ali were seriously injured in an attack by miscreants at her home on the Upazila Parishad premises on September 3.

Later, the UNO was airlifted to Dhaka. She is currently undergoing treatment at the NINH.