Child Kidnapping 'Rumour'
3 women, 4 cops hurt in mob attack
A mob beat three women up suspecting them "child kidnapers", and assaulted four policemen after cops rescued them in the capital's Khilgaon area yesterday.
Police took the victims Taslima Begum, 35, her son Sakib Al Hassan, 3, sister Alfatun Begum, 28, and neighbour Hena Begum, 32, in custody, while injured cop ASI Fazlul Haque was admitted to Rajarbagh Police Lines Hospital.
Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Motijheel Division Anwar Hossain said the three women and the child of Ibrahimpur went to West Nandipara in the morning to find Alfatun's husband who went into hiding after his second marriage, and was living in the area.
When they were in the area, a woman wanted to know the child's identity, he said.
Before child's mother could answer, the woman started shouting that the victims were child kidnapers. Hearing her screams hundreds of people rushed there, he added.
A police team patrolling in the area rushed to the spot and rescued the victims from mob beating, and took them to Khilgaon Police Station, Anwar Hossain said.
After a rumour spread that the women were freed on the way to the police station, the mob swooped on another team of law enforcers when they were on duty in the area, and confined them to a building for around an hour, the DC said.
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