Ragpicker caught stealing,tortured for five hours

The sleuths said that Sheikh along with three others was collecting waste from Dipayan Abason,an underconstruction building in Barrackpore,when he picked up some iron spare parts lying in the building. But as the group was leaving the site,Saha caught Sheikh and tied him with a rope. He also tonsured the boy’s head after beating him,they added.

Sheikh was left without any food or water for nearly five hours,when his cries were heard by locals.

“I noticed the boy weeping and asked Saha to release him immediately,” said Alakesh Khanna,a local. Subsequently,the ropes were untied,but Sheikh was not allowed to leave.

Meanwhile,when Sheikh did not return home,his worried parents started a search for him and came to know that he was tied up at Dipayan Abason. They lodged a complaint at the Titagarh police station,following which,the boy was rescued. “We have arrested Saha after a complaint was lodged by the boy’s parents,” said Subir Chatterjee,a police officer.