JAMPUR, Pakistan: The local police have arrested a shopkeeper and his associate for brutally torturing a 14-year-old boy to death in Jampur city of South Punjab.
The victim, identified as Asif, worked as a helper at a shop owned by Munawar Own in Jampur city. Over a conflict, the police said, the shopkeeper brutally tortured the boy and boiling water and oil spilled on to the victim. The accused also stopped the people who tried to intervene during the torture.
The boy was later shifted to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries after six days of treatment. Meanwhile, the police have arrested Munawar Own and Sajjad Hussain after registering a case against the accused. The body of the child was later handed over to the family, which lives in Babalwali.
