Police yesterday arrested three people on charge of sodomising a minor boy in Chatkhil municipality area of Noakhali.

The arrestees are Rabbi, 19, and Sumon, 26, of Noor Kha village in Chandraganj upazila of Laxmipur, and Didar Hossain, 28, a resident of Charmutua union in Noakhali Sadar upazila.

Police said the victim and the three accused used work at the same fruit shop. The trio allegedly sodomised the boy multiple times in the last couple of months, they said.

Around 7:00am on Friday, the trio committed the crime again. As the victim started screaming, the three fled the scene, said police.

Later, the boy's father filed a case against the three youths, who were arrested yesterday noon, said Anwarul Islam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Chatkhil police station.

Hours after arrest, the three were sent to jail after they had been produced before a court, the OC added.