Dhaka, Oct. 28 -- The pro-BNP physicians' group Doctors' Association of Bangladesh (DAB) has suspended the primary membership of Dr Zahid Hasan after he allegedly barged into the office of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) director and assaulted him.

Zahid, who served as DAB's central executive committee assistant legal affairs secretary, has also been served a show-cause notice, the organisation's President Prof Harun Al Rashid said on Wednesday afternoon.

Signed by DAB Secretary-General Zahirul Islam Shakil, the notice says Dr Zahid's membership was suspended over his alleged involvement in an "unpleasant incident" inside the director's office on Wednesday morning.

He has been given 48 hours to expla...