PADIDAN:,,, A gang of bandits looted a tractor from its driver after torturing him ruthlessly near Qazi Ahmed on Thursday.
Five armed bandits held driver Shamsuddin hostage at gunpoint when he was returning back to his destination after downloading sugarcane at Matiari Sugar Mills near Qazi Ahmed.
As the driver offered them resistance, they beat him up ruthlessly, abandoned him at a banana orchard near Saeedabad and drove away the tractor to unknown destination.
The driver has reported the tractor snatching issue to the police and has started a search for the tractor. The police have also started a probe into the incident.