Two arrested for assaulting minor boy in Barisal
Police arrested two people at Char Shafipur Haat of Barisal's Muladi for torturing a boy accusing him of "stealing a mobile phone".
Matiur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Muladi Police Station, said Sohel Sardar, deputy director of Bangladesh Legal Aid Centre Foundation, Barisal chapter, lodged a case against six people yesterday over the torture of 13-year-old Shaon.
In the case statement, it was mentioned that some people tied the hands and legs of Shaon and beat him up at Char Shafiur Haat on October 21 for “stealing a mobile phone from the house of one Sabuj”.
When Shaon was being beaten up, somebody recorded the incident on a mobile phone and later uploaded the video on Facebook.
The video went viral and some human rights activists informed Saiful Islam, superintendent of Barisal police, of the matter.
The SP asked Muladi police to detain the perpetrators.
Police arrested Sabuj and one Mohsin on Wednesday night, said OC of Muladi Police Station.
The boy was on a visit to his maternal grandmother Marzina's place from the capital. His mother works as a house help in the capital, police said.
Shaon and Marzina were in the capital and Marzina was being brought back to Muladi, the police official said, adding that they were trying to arrest the other accused.
The Daily Star could not reach the victim or his family members for comments.
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