<p>In a brutal incident, the left hand of an Indian national in Malaysia was chopped off by two men who fled with the severed limb.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The victim, identified as Murugesan, 47, is working as a barber and has been living here for the past 16 years. Speaking from his hospital bed yesterday, Murugesan said he was with a customer in his shop on Sunday when a foreigner came in and asked if he could use the toilet.<br /><br />"I showed him the way when another man came from behind and grabbed me. "The man in front then held me down and stretched out my hand while his accomplice swung a sickle at my hand, severing it."<br />He told local media that the two men picked up the severed limb and left the shop.<br /><br />"I don't know why anyone would want to do this to me. I earn a living using my hands. How am I going to feed my family without a hand? I have been a barber all my life and this is the only trade I know."<br /><br />Murugesan's wife and three children are in Chennai. Three months ago, he and a friend set up a shop but the partnership fell out. "I left my partner to set up my own shop soon after and everything was going fine until this attack and I lost my hand," he added.<br /><br />Meanwhile, district police chief Assistant Commissioner Arjunaidi Mohamed said they had identified one of the assailants.</p>
<p>In a brutal incident, the left hand of an Indian national in Malaysia was chopped off by two men who fled with the severed limb.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The victim, identified as Murugesan, 47, is working as a barber and has been living here for the past 16 years. Speaking from his hospital bed yesterday, Murugesan said he was with a customer in his shop on Sunday when a foreigner came in and asked if he could use the toilet.<br /><br />"I showed him the way when another man came from behind and grabbed me. "The man in front then held me down and stretched out my hand while his accomplice swung a sickle at my hand, severing it."<br />He told local media that the two men picked up the severed limb and left the shop.<br /><br />"I don't know why anyone would want to do this to me. I earn a living using my hands. How am I going to feed my family without a hand? I have been a barber all my life and this is the only trade I know."<br /><br />Murugesan's wife and three children are in Chennai. Three months ago, he and a friend set up a shop but the partnership fell out. "I left my partner to set up my own shop soon after and everything was going fine until this attack and I lost my hand," he added.<br /><br />Meanwhile, district police chief Assistant Commissioner Arjunaidi Mohamed said they had identified one of the assailants.</p>