Staff Reporter :
A suspected thief was killed and three others were injured in a mob beating in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj on Sunday morning after snatching him away from law enforcers.
The incident happened at Lalmatia Bus Stand on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Bypass Road, Gazipur.
The identity of the deceased couldn’t be known yet, said police.
Quoting locals, Saiful Islam, Inspector of Rupganj Outpost police, said, three men were fleeing by a covered van after stealing three cows from Birtul village of Kaliganj upazila around 3:00am.
Sub-Inspector Bashed of Kaliganj Ulikhola police outpost was chasing them. The local people then managed to stop the covered van. Two of the suspects fled from the spot but one was caught by the mob,” Inspector Saiful told the media.
“The mob beat him to death and set fire to their covered van. Police later recovered the body and sent it to Narayanganj General Hospital for autopsy, OC added.
A suspected thief was killed and three others were injured in a mob beating in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj on Sunday morning after snatching him away from law enforcers.
The incident happened at Lalmatia Bus Stand on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Bypass Road, Gazipur.
The identity of the deceased couldn’t be known yet, said police.
Quoting locals, Saiful Islam, Inspector of Rupganj Outpost police, said, three men were fleeing by a covered van after stealing three cows from Birtul village of Kaliganj upazila around 3:00am.
Sub-Inspector Bashed of Kaliganj Ulikhola police outpost was chasing them. The local people then managed to stop the covered van. Two of the suspects fled from the spot but one was caught by the mob,” Inspector Saiful told the media.
“The mob beat him to death and set fire to their covered van. Police later recovered the body and sent it to Narayanganj General Hospital for autopsy, OC added.
