Police arrested a union parishad chairman and his son from Haidgaon in Patia upazila early Saturday in connection with the torture on a local Awami League leader.
The arrestees were BM Jashim, chairman of Haidgaon UP and his son Mushfique Uddin.
Rashedul Islam, officer-in-charge of Patia Police Station, said a team of police raided the house of Jashim and arrested them in the early hours of Saturday.
“Efforts are on to arrest the other people involved in the incident,” he said.
Earlier on April 29, Jashim and his associates allegedly tortured Jiten Kanti Guho, vice-president of Haidgaon union unit Awami League, after tying up hands with a tree, in broad day light.
They tortured Jiten reportedly for not inviting the UP chairman in an Iftar party organized by Awami League.
The torture incident went viral on social networking site Facbook which drew a huge flack.
Tapash Kanti Guh, brother of Jiten , said the AL leader is now undergoing treatment at Chattogram Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) and his two hands were broken.
Source: United News of Bangladesh