Benapole: A young man was brutally tortured allegedly by some local people over a theft charge in Sharsha upazila of Jessore on Thursday night.

Witnesses said a group of people picked up Liton Morol, in his thirties, resident of Goyra village, on charge of stealing fish from a water body and tortured him overnight.

Liton was later admitted to Jessore Medical College Hospital.

The Sharsha Police Officer-in-charge Maniruzzaman said no complaint was lodged in this connection.