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24 May 2009, 18:00 PM

NATIONAL

A Correspondent, Comilla

A robber was beaten to death by villagers while three of his accomplices were arrested at village Tircher in Chandina upazila yesterday. Police and locals said, a gang 12 robbers stormed into the house of Abdul Mannan Master at about 2:30am. Sensing the incident of robbery, locals laid a siege to the house and caught four of the gang. The remaining eight managed to flee. Angry people beat up the four, killing the gang leader, Md Kamal Hossain alias `Kamal Dakat' of village Jagotpur on the spot. Other robbers are Serajul Islam,28, of Burichong, Shafiq,33, of Bhoirab and Rafiqul Islam,30, of Narsingdi.