Police arrested five people, including Abdullah Al Masud, superintendent of Jashore juvenile correction centre, in connection with the incident of torturing three boys of the centre to death.

The four other arrestees are Masum Billah, assistant superintendent, Mushfikur Rahman, psychosocial counsellor, and physical instructors Shahanur and Omar Faruk, our Benapole correspondent reports quoting police.

Police yesterday took 10 people, including several officials and inmates of the correction centre, to custody for interrogation.

Of the 10, five were arrested as police primally found their involvement in the murder, Mohammad Ashraf Hossain, superintendent of Jashore Police, told reporters last night.

Meanwhile, the social welfare ministry has suspended Abdullah for negligence of duty, said a letter signed by Social Welfare Secretary Mohammad Jainul Bari sent from the ministry last night.

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