According to the senior superintendent of police (SSP) for Naushahro Feroze, Dr Farooq, the suspect who was beaten was identified as 25-year-old Payn and had attempted with his accomplice to steal from the house of a man named Masood Chana.
SSP Dr Farooq said Payn, however, was caught red-handed, tied to a charpoy, and brutally assaulted before being handed over to the police. A first information report (FIR) was subsequently registered against him.
A medical check-up of the suspect was carried out, confirming that he had wounds on his legs.
Following the medical check-up and after the video of the beating went viral, the district police officer (DSP) for Mehrabpur directed that Masood Chana be detained for assaulting Payn and police, therefore, arrested him.
