Woman tortured on theft charge in Tangail

A woman was brutally tortured in front of her minor children by one of her neighbouring families on theft charge in Ghatail upazila.

The victim, Sandhya Rani Barmon, 35, a resident of Malirchala village in the upazila, filed a case with Ghatail Police Station against her neighbour Monirul and four of his family members on Sunday.

Quoting the case statement, police said about two weeks ago Monirul informed the villagers that some important land documents and a gold ornaments were stolen from his house and his family blamed Sandhya's minor son Palash, 8, for the theft.

On January 3, Monirul's family called the boy and quizzed him in this regard.

On January 9, they again called Sandhya, tied her to a tree with rope and tortured her brutally.

In face of protest from other neighbours she was freed after four hours of captivity.

Sub-Inspector (SI) Jakir Hossain, also in-charge of Sagardighi Police Outpost and investigation officer of the case, said the accused went into hiding soon after filing of the case and they were conducting drives to arrest the culprits.