Suspected robber beaten to death
A man suspected to be a robber was killed in a mob beating at West Dogair under Demra police station early yesterday.
The deceased, aged around 30 years, could not be identified.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) Bhuiyan Mahbub Hasan of the PS said: a gang of some 10 to 12 robbers tried to break into a house at West Dogair around 2:30am yesterday. As the house inmates cried out for help, local people rushed to the spot.
The robbers managed to flee the scene, he said.
However, the locals caught a man, suspecting him to be one of the gang members, and beat him, leaving him spot dead, the OC added.
Demra police recovered the body and sent it to Sir Salimullah Medical College morgue for autopsy.
Local people said, from the last 10 days of Ramadan, incidents of theft, snatching and robbery were rampant in the area. So, they decided that if any such incident occurred, immediate announcement would be made through the loudspeakers of the local mosque to urge people to come forward for help.
They also alleged that the police remained silent and did not take any action for many past robberies in the area.
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