Overview

• The victim, identified as 14-year-old Samsad Ali, was hung upside down, beaten and given electric shocks after being falsely accused of stealing a mobile phone at a Maheshtala jeans dyeing factory.
• A viral video of the abuse circulated on social media and prompted Rabindranagar police to open a formal investigation.
• Workers Mustafa Kamal and Tauhid Alam were arrested on June 4 but provided conflicting accounts of the boy’s fate.
• Factory owner Shahenshah, who had gone into hiding, was apprehended by West Bengal Police in Mumbai on June 5.
• The boy remains missing and his family has staged protests in North Dinajpur demanding his safe return and justice.