Complaint lodged; one held

A man with physical disability was hanged from a tree with his hands tied and beaten on suspicion of theft in Sylhet's Companiganj upazila yesterday.

The victim is Jalal Miah, 24, of Burdeo village.

Ratan Sheikh, officer-in-charge of Companiganj Police Station, said the victim was in his home yesterday morning when a group of people picked him up and hung him from a tree near his house.

They accused him of theft and beat him with sticks for hours. On information, police rushed to the spot and brought Jalal to the station.

A video of the incident was circulated on social media, drawing widespread outrage.

Last night, Jalal's mother lodged a complaint at the police station in connection with the incident. Police arrested a suspect, Arfan Mia, 43, subsequently.

The victim was sent to the upazila health complex for treatment, the OC added.