The prime accused and five others have been arrested on Tuesday in a suspected moral policing case in Assam’s Hailakandi district.

According to sources, the incident took place in Ramnathpur where the accused tortured a minor boy on suspicion of being a thief.

A video of the accused torturing the minor boy also surfaced on social media platform based on which the five accused were apprehended by the police.

The orime accused has been identified as Nizam Uddin Borbhuyan and the other five accused have been identified as Abdul Manaf Mazumdar, Aftabuddin Choudhury, Amir Uddin Mazumdar, Badar Uddin Choudhury and Abdul Mazumdar.

Meanwhile, police also conducted a search operation at the residence of the prime accused Nizam in which huge quantities of illicit drugs were recovered.

Last week, as many as 14 persons were arrested in connection with the moral policing case that took place in Assam’s Nazira.

The arrested persons were identified as Dipak Kurmi, Munnna Kawar, Shivshankar Kawar, Nitesh Bauri, Jiten Rabi Das, Puneshwar Karmi, Shankar Kawar,  Ramesh Tati, Mani Rabi Das, Ajay Singh Rajput, Uma Chaura, Basanti Kurmi, Asha Garh and Dipali Munda.

One person named Nazu Ali lost his life in Nazira after a group of people allegedly physically assaulted him in suspicion of being a cow thief.

The incident was reported from Bamun Pukhuri tea estate in Nazira.

After his family members were informed about the incident, he was admitted in a critical condition at a civil hospital in Sivasagar. However, he succumbed to his injuries in the hospital.