Dhaka, April 4 -- A seven-year-old child was allegedly tortured and left by the roadside with his eyes sealed with adhesive in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka.

Passers-by rescued the child Md Wahed from near a park by the Banshi River on Saturday and took him to hospital, said SI Mustakim Billah of Savar Model Police Station.

Witnesses described a harrowing scene where the child was found writhing in pain, screaming, "Save me, I can't see anything."

Shirina Akter, a pedestrian who rushed the boy to the Savar Upazila Health Complex, said his body bore marks of a brutal beating, and his eyelids were stuck fast with adhesive, with blood and water oozing from the corners.

Doctors at the health complex described his condition as critical....