Five young men have mercilessly beaten a Covid-19 records taker at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Emmanuel Bentil for assuming he was a kidnapper.
The young men, a pragyia rider, and four others attacked Mr. Bentil at Siwdo Methodist opposite Kingdom FM.
The culprits pounced on the victim when they saw him leading a small boy to locate his parents and assumed he had kidnapped the boy.
According to the victim, on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, at about 10 am, he saw the little boy crying at the roadside and decided to find out what was wrong with him.
Mr. Bentil said the boy told him he lived at Siwdo but cannot find his parents. He said he decided to assist the boy to find his parents in the said area.
He indicated that after he gave the boy to his parents, four boys together with a pragyia rider, approached him and asked him where he was taking the boy to, and without waiting for his response they subjected him to a mob action with cement blocks, sticks among other weapons.
“They kidnapped me in a room and when l was becoming unconscious, I sneaked out and ran to Abura Police Station to report the case but due to how l was bleeding profusely, they also dragged me out of the police station with a cane… l later rushed to the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital for treatment”, he narrated.
Mr. Bentil said the boys decided to beat him to death but some of the residents rescued him.
Sister’s account
Meanwhile, the victim’s sister explained that she got a call from her brother’s phone number but when she picked, it was one of the culprits who told her to meet them at IBB junction at Cape Coast.
She said the guys told her they have kidnapped her brother and are demanding Five Hundred Ghana cedis before they release him.
After negotiating with them for a price cut, she said she paid Three Hundred Ghana cedis to them.
The case has been reported to Kotokuraba Police Station for investigation.
