Teenage boy ‘beaten to death’ in Gazipur

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UNB, Gazipur :
A teenage shop employee was beaten to death allegedly by the shop owner at Auchpara area in Tongi on Wednesday night.
The deceased was identified as Tomal, 14, son of Sohrab Ali of Tirsa village in Sherpur sadar.
Victim’s relatives said Tamal remained missing since he left home for his workplace on Wednesday morning and his mobile phone was also switched off.
Later, locals spotted him unconscious body under an under-construction building, said Sub-Inspector of Tongi Police Station Siddiqur Rahman.
He was rushed to Tongi Government Hospital where doctors declared Tomal dead, said the SI.
Police arrested Ahsanulah, 32, a tiles shop owner and Nazmul Mia, 14, a friend of the victim, after victim’s mother Hujura Begum filed a written complaint accusing Ahsanulah and unidentified 12 others, he said.
Several marks of wounds were found on the victim’s head and the body was sent to hospital morgue for autopsy.
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