PIROJPUR, Apr 19: A schoolboy died at Khulna Sadar Hospital on Monday after he was allegedly beaten by a group of miscreants in the district town on Sunday night.
The deceased was identified as Qayum Sheikh, 17, son of a van-puller Yunus Sheikh of Kumerkhali area in Pirojpur Municipality. He was also a student of Class VIII at Pirojpur Town High School, confirmed its Headmaster Abdul Karim Sardar. Family sources said, on Sunday evening, some miscreants called Qayum from Baishakhi Mela premises and beat him mercilessly for unknown reasons.
Locals rushed him to Pirojpur Sadar Hospital in critical condition, but doctors referred him to Khulna Sadar Hospital where he died under treatment on Monday.
The victim's father Yunus Sheikh said he had lost his one son who died of cancer last year, and now he lost the only son.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md. Masuduzzman of Sadar Police Station said, no case was filed by the victim's family. Police arrested two on suspicion, the OC added.