Dhaka, May 8 -- Police have arrested Delwar Hossain Delu, a local BNP leader in Feni, in connection with the public humiliation of two women who were allegedly forced to rub their noses on the ground as punishment for their sons' suspected involvement in a pigeon theft.

Delu, president of the BNP's Panchgachia union unit under Feni Sadar upazila and a former union parishad chairman, was taken into custody early Thursday, according to Mohammad Shamsuzzaman, officer-in-charge of Feni Model Police Station.

The arrest comes after one of the victims, Sajeda Begum, filed a case on Wednesday at the Feni Model Police Station. The case names 13 individuals, including Delu, and lists 10 to 12 others as unidentified accused.

According to the comp...