'Cattle thief' killed in mob beating

A mob beat a man to death suspecting him to be a cattle-lifter in Baniarchala village of Gazipur Sadar yesterday morning.

The deceased Eusuf, 45, died on the spot, said police.

Locals caught him after chasing a gang of cattle-lifters who had tried to break into a villager's cow shed.

Police recovered the body and sent it to Gazipur Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Medical College Hospital for autopsy.