When justice is hijacked by rage and rumour, it takes only minutes for a mob to become a murderer.

Lad culture here often intersects with class privilege and institutional power.

In any democratic society, justice is a basic right.

Violence against doctors is an issue that is neither unique to our country nor recent.

Law Minister Anisul Huq has said the government will enquire into the incidents of mob beating and will bring the people responsible for the incidents to trial.

A mob beat up and burnt a 28-year-old man alive accusing him of killing a security guard and stabbing two others, including a 5-year-old boy, in Birganj upazila of the district early yesterday.

A mob beat three suspected robbers to death at Rajapur village in Meherpur Sadar upazila, says Azbahar Ali, additional superintendent of district police.