Bhola, Sept 6 (UNB) – A teenage boy was tortured inhumanly on theft charge at Dakkhin Char Ananda village in Sadar upazila on Wednesday.
The victim was identified as Alauddin, 12.
Quoting local people, Ratan Kumar Sheel, in-charge of Ilisha Police camp, said Fatema, wife of an expatriate Mosleuddin, caught Alauddin red handed while he was stealing betel nuts on Wednesday night.
Later, Fatema along with his two sons and another one beat him up mercilessly after tying up the boy with an iron chain.
On information, police rescued Alauddin.
Ismail Hossain, uncle of Alauddin, filed a case against four people with Bhola Model Police Station.
Police arrested Fatema in this connection, said Sagir Mia, officer-in-charge of Bhola Police Station.