5 sued for killing child worker

Five people, including the bakery owner, have been sued on charge of killing a child worker at Ramkrishnapur village in Laxmipur Sadar upazila on Monday.

Abul Kalam, father of slain Alauddin, 12, filed the case accusing bakery owner Mohammad Nasir, and its four staff--Al-Amin, Shahjahan, Shamim and Mizan- with Chandraganj Police Station on Monday night.

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After filing of the case, police arrested Nasir, 32, and Al-Amin the same night, Officer-in-Charge (OC) Azizur Rahman of Chandraganj Police Station said.

The arrestees were yesterday produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court that sent them to jail.

Alauddin was beaten to death allegedly by his employer and colleagues at Ananda Bakery in the town.

Quoting victim's father, police said Nasir along with other staff of the bakery beat up the boy mercilessly for not attending his workplace in early hours everyday, leaving Alauddin dead.

The killers then hung Alauddin's body from the ceiling of the bakery and fled the spot.