‘Bring killers to book’
Family members of slain Sagor Mia as well as the people of Charsirampur village in Gouripur upazila, where the teenager was brutally murdered on Monday, have demanded punishment of the perpetrators.
Akkas Ali and his men beat dead Sagor Mia, 18, bringing allegation of attempt to steal a water pump from Gauchhia Hatchery owned by Akkas at Charsirampur village beside Mymensingh-Kishoreganj road on Monday morning, said locals and police.
Sagor, second among seven children of Shipon Mia of Mymensingh town's Natokghar Lane Railway Colony area, went out of their home around 4:00am on Monday with a rickshaw-van to collect scraps, family members said.
“Hearing that a boy was being beaten on charge of theft, I rushed to the spot around 6:00am and saw the indescribable brutality of Akkas and his men,” said a youth of Charsirampur.
“Several people requested Akkas and his men to release the boy as his condition turned critical. But an arrogant Akkas replied that he would manage it with money,” added the youth.
The boy screamed, cried for water and begged for his life but the merciless torture went on. He even fainted several times.
Around 8:00am, when Sagor crumpled to the ground, the beaters left the place with him in a CNG-run auto-rickshaw, said another witness.
Police recovered Sagor's body from the bushes beside the hatchery on Tuesday morning.
Akkas and his family members fled the area after the incident.
Demanding punishment of the killers, victim's mother Hashi Begum said, “My son was not a thief. He used to collect scraps as we are a poor family. But they brutally killed him.”
Neighbours gathered at Hashi's house said Sagor had no previous records of criminal activities.
Police arrested Reaz Uddin, 50, of the village Tuesday night and during interrogation, he confessed his involvement in the killing, said Delwar Ahmed, OC of Gouripur PS.
Earlier, the victim's father Shipon filed a murder case against 12 people, including Akkas, his brothers Hashu Mia, Abdus Sattar Chhuto, Jewel Mia and Sohel Mia, and Akkas's employee Kaium with Gouripur Police Station.
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