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One beaten to death

25 June 2009, 17:00 PM

Our Correspondent, Nilphamari

One person was beaten to death on Wednesday in Pir Pukur village of Saidpur upazila. Sources said Shafiar Rahman of Nitai Dangapara village of Kishoreganj upazila, came to visit Raihan Mia of Pirpukur as his guest. At dead of night some locals detained Raihan on suspicion of being a cattle lifter. They tied him with a tree on the compound of a nearby primary school and beat up mercilessly. In the morning, members of the village police informed the matter to Saidpur police. Police rushed to the spot and rescued him in a critical condition. Later Raihan was shifted to Saidpur hospital where the attending physicians declared him dead. A case was registered and one villager was arrested.