Councillor held for 'torturing' orphan
Police arrested a councillor of Jamalpur municipality on charge of torturing a 14-year-old orphan of Jamalpur Shishu Paribar on Wednesday.
The arrestee, Jamal Pasha, son of Sohrab Ali of Bania Bazar area under the municipality, is a councillor of Ward No 6.
Police said Rakibul Islam Shraban of the orphanage, also a Class VIII student of Bania Bazar High School in Sadar upazila, took part in the annual sports on Wednesday.
During the event on the school playground, Sraban locked in an altercation with Shakil Ahmed, 12, nephew of the arrestee, over a trifling matter around 1:30pm, Sabina Yesmin, assistant teacher of the orphanage, said.
Councillor Jamal Pasha, who was present as a special guest, beat up Shraban mercilessly, leaving him critically injured, Sabina said.
The boy was taken to the orphanage and later shifted to Jamalpur General Hospital as his condition deteriorated, she added.
Jasim Uddin, deputy superintendent of Shishu Paribar, filed a case with Sadar Police Station, accusing Jamal the same night.Police later arrested Jamal and yesterday produced him in a court that sent him to jail.
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