Snaps And Snippets

Robber killed in mob beating

27 April 2009, 18:00 PM

A Correspondent, Gopalganj

A robber was killed and three were injured in mob beating in Gopalganj yesterday. Residents of Petkata in Kotalipara upazila caught them Sunday night. Police later admitted them to upazila health complex where Birodh alias Birat,35, died at around 11 am. Earlier on Sunday night armed robbers looted the houses of Nani Baroi, Ashu Baroi and Makhon Bhakta in Domrashur village in Gopalganj Sadar. They seriously injured Kalu Bhakta,17, Bijli Bhakta, 40, and Chaitonya Bala, 48, by beating and hitting them with sharp weapons. They also looted the house of Raj Bihari Baidya near Radhaganj bus stand under Kotalipara upazila and seriously injured Raj Bihari Baidya, 87, his son Albert Baidya, 32, daughter-in-law Sangita Roy, 22, and Albert's 8-month-old son Edison.