4 held for killing one by pumping air into rectum

Four people have been arrested after killing a worker by pumping air into his rectum in Manikganj sadar upazila.

Bhaskar Saha, additional superintendent of Manikganj Police, confirmed this around 11.30pm on Thursday.

The deceased was identified as Julhas, 39, a cleaner of Akij Textiles and son of Abdus Samad at Kandapara village in Saturia upazila.

According to sources, Julhas became sick after four of his co-workers pumped air into his rectum. Later, he was taken to Manikganj Sadar hospital from where he was shifted to a Dhaka hospital as his condition deteriorated. He died around 3.00pm on Thursday at the hospital.

His dead body has been sent to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital for autopsy.

Julhas’s wife filed a case accusing four persons.