Kid tortured on theft charge, hospitalised

A five-and-a-half-year-old boy was brutally tortured on theft charge at Jujhkhola village in Sadar upazila of the district.

Yesterday, the father of the victim filed a general diary, accusing a man in this connection, said police.

The victim, Md Mehedi Hasan, son of Md Jonab Ali of the village, went to buy chalk from a nearby shop, family members said.

At one stage, another shop owner, Abdur Rob Khan, 45, of the area, took Mehedi to a nearby place behind his shop and started beating him with a date tree stick, bringing charge of stealing his betel nut, alleged the victim's father Jonab Ali. 

At the time of torturing, the boy became senseless. Soon after the incident, Rob went into hiding.

Mehedi was later sent to Pirojpur Sadar Hospital. He is now undergoing treatment at the hospital, said Jonab Ali.

A general diary was filed, accusing Abdur Rob in this connection, he said.