A circuit court in Kumasi on Wednesday remanded Muntari Adams, 27, a herdsman, and Umaru Kasum alias Osama, 42, a contractor, for allegedly causing unlawful harm to two people they suspected to be cattle rustlers. The accused persons, who pleaded not guilty to the charge, would reappear before court on January 21 and a bench warrant has been issued for the arrest of two other accomplices now on the run. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Doris Amewu told the court presided over by Mr. D.P.W. Amedior that the complainants, Kingsford Adu-Boffour, 24, a poultry farmer, and Sulley Bashiru, 16, a pupil lived in Kumasi. She said that Adu-Baffour, who lived in his mother’s new building at Nwamase New Site in the township, in the company of Bashiru at about 2100 hours on December 8 last year, went to the Old Site also in the township to watch television for the 2008 Election results. ASP Amewu told the court that when the complainants were returning home they decided to use a short route but got missing and appeared at a place near Adams’ compound. Prosecution said Adams confronted and accused the complainants of stealing his cattle that got missing since they (complainants) where near his kraal. ASP Amewu said Adams and Kasum and the accomplices assaulted and caused harm to the complainants even though they pleaded with them that they were not thieves and mentioned kwame as their neighbour. Prosecution said the accused persons and accomplices tied the complainants with ropes and escorted them to Kwame’s house. ASP Amewu said even though Kwame confirmed that Adu-Baffour was his neighbour, the suspects and their accomplices dragged the complainants back to Adam’s compound. The attackers tied the complainants to a tree, stripped them naked, burnt their buttocks, assaulted them and poured petrol on them with the intention of setting them on fire. Prosecution said Adu-Boffour became unconscious and Bashiru sensing danger intentionally admitted the offence and tricked the accused persons that he was sending them to where the cattle was been kept but instead he led them to his house where he was rescued by his parents. Bashiru informed Adu-Boffour’s parents about the case and led them to the compound and they invoked a curse upon the accused persons and the accomplice before they set their captive free. Source: GNA