Feni, May 8 -- Police have arrested a local BNP leader in Feni over the public humiliation of two women, who were allegedly forced to rub their noses on the ground as punishment for their sons' suspected theft of pigeons.

The accused, Delwar Hossain Delu, president of the BNP's Panchgachia union unit under Feni Sadar upazila and a former union parishad chairman, was detained early Thursday, said Feni Model Police Station's officer-in-charge Mohammad Shamsuzzaman.

The arrest followed a case filed on Wednesday by one of the victims, Sajeda Begum, at the Feni Model Police Station.

The case names 13 people, including Delu and lists 10-12 unidentified individuals as accused.

According to the case statement, the incident occurred on the nig...