A 15-year-old schoolboy who was beaten allegedly by his neighbours at Boalkhali聽 upazila in Chattogram died at CMCH on Sunday evening.
The deceased is Md Arif, a tenth grader and son of Md Zakir Hossain, of Boalkhali upazila.
Deceased鈥檚 father Zakir Hossain said that Arif returned home after school in the afternoon, had a snack, and then went to play near their house.
A quarrel broke out between Arif and Sakibul while playing and then Sakib and some others beat Arif and left him on the roadside.
Later, locals rescued injured Arif and took him to the upazila health complex at about 7:30pm from where he was sent to Chittagong Medical College Hospital.
He died at CMCH at about 9:00pm on Sunday.
Local UP member Md Abbas Uddin said, 鈥業 have come to know that Sakib, his brother and mother beat Arif following an altercation between Sakib and Arif. Later he died.鈥�
Police detained Sakib in this connection.
Officer-in-charge of the Boalkhali police station Ashab Uddin said that they visited the spot, and a murder case was filed in this regard.
