<i>Jasim seems maimed for life, accused at large</i>
Mother Josna Begum gives a loving touch to Mohammad Jasim, left speechless and mentally imbalanced due to merciless beating by several villagers on March 25.Photo: STAR
Victim of violence centring a cricket match two months ago, a youth of Ghona village in Manikganj Sadar upazila is yet to get back normal life while all the accused in the case filed for the brutal torture have remained at large. Poor family of the victim, Mohammad Jasim, 20, finds it hard to continue the expensive treatment. Jasim was mercilessly beaten with wooden sticks, cricket bats and stamps as people of Ghona and Ramonpur villages engaged in a clash following a trivial matter at the end of a friendly cricket match held at Ramonpur playground on March 25. Jasim, who fell unconscious with serious injuries to his head, was immediately taken to Manikganj Sadar Hospital from where he was referred to Dhaka Medical College. Jasim's father Abdur Rashid, a poor day labourer, borrowed Tk 1 lakh for his son's treatment. After long treatment at DMCH, Jasim regained his sense but not normal life. He cannot speak and gives only blank look. Earlier he worked at a workshop at Joyra in Manikganj to contribute to the family. "We have to spend Tk 200 daily to buy medicine for our son. It is too much for us. Our two other sons read in classes seven and two," Jasim's mother Josna Begum said. "I filed a case with Manikganj Sadar police station on March 30 against Habul of Patrail village, Ramzan, Joni and Sohan of Ramonpur village, Selim and Jasim of Muljan village and three or four other unidentified people for mercilessly beating up my nephew Jasim but the accused are still at large," said the victim's uncle Mohammad Habib. The officer-in-charge of Manikganj Sadar police station said they are trying to arrest the accused people.
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