Two jailed for torturing 10-year-old girl in Barishal

Two people were sent to jail on Saturday for torturing a ten-year-old girl at Nilganj in Bakerganj of Barishal.

Abul Kalam, officer in charge of Bakerganj police station, said the girl's father Bashir Haoladar lodged a case against five people on Friday.

The complainant said in the case statement that his daughter was playing at the yard of her grandmother's house on Thursday afternoon when a group led by two men, Sahabuddin Sagor and Altaf Choukidar, abducted her and confined her in a toilet. They beat and tortured her claiming that she stole a cellphone.

The girl was later rescued by locals and she was given treatment at the Upazila health complex before being shifted to Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital on Friday evening.

Sahabuddin and Altaf were sent to jail while another accused, a 14-year-old, was put in his family's custody under supervision of the Upazila social welfare probation officer.

Police are trying to arrest  other two accused, officer-in-charge of the police station said.