Brutal!
A 15-year-old boy died after one of his co-workers pumped air into his body through his rectum in Sonargaon upazila Wednesday night, less than six months into the death of another boy in Narayanganj in an identical manner.
The victim, Yamin, was the son of Shajahan Mia of Araihazar upazila. He worked at BR Spinning Mills, police said.
Police on Wednesday night arrested Yamin's co-worker Rayhan, 18, who confessed before a judicial magistrate yesterday that he had “accidentally” pumped air through Yamin's rectum.
Shajahan filed a murder case with Sonargaon Police Station yesterday accusing Rayhan.
On July 24, 10-year-old Sagar Barman died after some workers allegedly pumped air into his body through his rectum at Zobeda Textile and Spinning Mills in Jatramura area of Rupganj upazila.
In August last year, 13-year-old Rakib was killed in a similar fashion for quitting his garage job in Khulna. Two of the killers were sentenced to death in November last year.
Quoting the case document, Manjur Kader, officer-in-charge of Sonargaon Police Station, said Yamin joined BR Spinning Mills in Moishtek area around six months ago.
Around 9:45pm Wednesday, Rayhan, also known as Hridoy, pushed a nozzle of an air pump into Yamin's rectum, said the OC.
Yamin was declared dead after he was taken to Dhaka Medical College around 11:30pm, said Abdul Alim, sub-inspector of the police station.
Rayhan, son of Nurul Haque of Mahmudpur in Sonargaon, gave confessional statement before Narayanganj Judicial Magistrate Mahmudul Islam under section 164 of Code of Criminal Procedure, said Hasimuddin, a sub-inspector at Narayanganj court.
In his statement, Rayhan said a nozzle of an air pump got inserted into Yamin's rectum “accidentally” when he was cleaning cotton wool from Yamin's body, said the SI. Yamin fell sick after that.
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