JL leader held over brutal torture of man in Noakhali
Tuesday, 5 July 2022
NOAKHALI, July 04 (UNB): Police arrested a local Jubo League (JL) leader in a case over torture of a sexagenarian man from Thanarhat Bazar in Subornachar upazila of Noakhali district in the early hours of Monday.
The arrestee is Abul Hossain Sanaz (45), president of Ward No 9 unit Jubo League of Charwapda union and son of Azhar Ahmed of the upazila. He is the prime accused in the case.
Tipped off, a team of police conducted a drive in the area and arrested Sanaz from Thanarhat Bazar around 12:00 pm.
Shahidul Islam, superintendent of Noakhali Police, said on July 2, Sanaz along with his associates picked up Sheikh Nasir Uddin Maizbhandar (68) and beat him mercilessly at Amanatganj after tying his mouth when he was returning home.
Later, they unleashed brutal torture on him after putting a torchlight into the anus of the victim over previous enmity.
When the man got senseless, they fled the scene.
He is now undergoing treatment at Noakhali 250-bed General Hospital.