Two suspects of stealing a battery charger from a company in Arax, Minas Gerais, were subjected to electric shocks, allegedly by the owner and two employees. One of the victims died from his injuries. Information taken from the Estado de Minas website.

Charger thief suspect dies after being tortured – Photo: William Tardelli/Patrocínio Online/ND

According to the military police, the two attacked men were taken to the emergency department of UPA Arash on Monday night (27). The suspects in the theft received serious injuries and burns to the body. One of them was taken by the suspects themselves, the other managed to escape alone.

31-year-old Dione Rodriguez de Jesus arrived at the UPA already dead. The other, aged 37, was conscious and told his story to the police. According to the police protocol, three people drove up to him and the dead boy in a car and took them to a barn, where they were tortured with electric current.

The suspects in the attacks, aged 27 and 31, were reportedly questioning the men about the stolen charger. Then the electric shocks started.

The civil police are investigating the case – Photo: William Tardelli/Patrocínio Online/ND

They acquitted the military police, which the chief called in to intimidate the victims. The owner of the company suspected that the tortured duos had stolen the device.

The civilian police said they had conducted an investigation at the crime scene. He also said that two suspects were prosecuted for attempted murder and completed murder. The men are in the Araks prison system. The seized items were taken to the forensic medical examination.

Also, according to the police, steps are being taken to search for the third person under investigation, aged 50. “Investigative work continues to fully clarify the facts,” reads a statement released by the Civil Police.

Investigation

Civil Police Delegate Vinicius Ramalho said the company in question was in the civil engineering industry and the boss hired the man who died after the attack to work with him. During worship, he suspected the theft of equipment and decided to “scare” the employee and another 37-year-old man.

The place where the torture took place – Photo: Civil Police/ND

“He, along with two other authors who are employees of the company, tracked down this man, who practically lives on the street, is a drug addict who consumes alcohol, took him to the shed of this company and there performed an act of torture on him,” Ramalho said in detail.

Diona Rodriguez, who died during the crime, was tied up, stripped and shocked. “Three participated in torture, albeit minimal, in order to contain, threaten, embarrass, but one of them is a businessman who is a runaway. He determined how everything would happen, ”he said.

*Information taken from the Estado de Minas website.