A youth, suspected to be a thief, was killed in mob attack in the city’s Badda area early Tuesday.
The deceased was identified as Rabiul Islam, 25, son of Anwar, who hailed from Brahmanbaria district, police said.
Quoting the witnesses, Badda Police Station’s Sub-Inspector (SI) Rahmat Ali said that Rabiul went to the residence of Jahangir in Badda Alatunnesa School area at around 5:00am for personal reason.
The locals caught Rabiul suspecting him a thief and beat up him mercilessly with sticks and iron rods, leaving him critically injured.
The SI said that, police rescued him and rushed him to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) at around 8:00am when the on duty doctors declared him dead.
The body was sent to the DMCH morgue for autopsy, the police official said.
The victim’s family members claimed that Rabiul has been living in Badda Alatunnesa School area for the last few years and he went outside the residence around 5:00am for personal reason. But the locals beat him with stick and iron rods indiscriminately as part of the conspiracy, they alleged.
He was rushed to Badda General Hospital and later shifted to the DMCH while the on duty doctor declared him dead, they said.
They said that, they would register a case with the concerned police station in this connection.
