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Robber killed in mob beating

28 July 2009, 17:00 PM

A Correspondent, Gopalganj

A robber was killed in mob beating at Tatihati village under Muksudpur upazila early Monday. Three members of the family of Razzak Sheikh of the village were also injured when the robbers attacked them with machetes. They were all admitted into Faridpur Medical College and Hospital. Muksudpur police said, when robber Habila Sheikh, 28, and his gangmen entered the house of Razzak by cutting the grill, Feroza Begum, 45, her son Azmal Shikder, 18, and daughter Shahana Akhter, 20, raised a hue and cry for help. Habila and other robbers hit Feroza and her children with machete seriously injuring them. As locals came to their help the robbers fled the scene leaving Habila behind. They severely beat up Habila who later died at Rajoir hospital.