Police have arrested four people in connection with the beating of a youth over alleged theft in Bakalia, Chattogram.
Chattogram Metropolitan Police’s (CMP) Bakalia Police Station Officer-in-charge (OC) Md Shahinur Alam confirmed the arrests on Thursday morning.
The arrestees are Abdur Rahman Jisan, 21, Yasin Arafat, 23, Md Hasan, 33, and Md Mijanur Rahman, 27. Another accused named in the case remains absconding.
According to the case statement, Emon was detained over an alleged attempt to steal from a betel-leaf and cigarette shop.
He was beaten and abandoned under a bridge in the Kolpolok residential area.
His paternal aunt, Rehana Begum, and her son rushed to the spot after receiving the information and found him dead.
Police later prepared an inquest report and sent the body to the morgue at Chittagong Medical College Hospital.
Rehana filed a case with Bakalia Police Station, naming five people and four to five unidentified suspects.
Police arrested the four accused in drives following the case filing.
