‘Robber’ beaten dead in Gazipur

An alleged robber was killed and two others seriously injured by a mob at an aluminium factory in Pubail area of Gazipur last night.

Identity of the deceased could not be ascertained immediately, reports Bangla daily Prothom Alo.

Mobarak Hossain, a sub-inspector of Joydebpur Police Station, said a gang of 20 to 25 robbers broke into ‘Green Village’, an aluminium factory around 10:00pm yesterday.

Security personnel along with locals chased the robbers and managed to catch three of them, the daily said quoting the SI.

The angry mob then gave them a good thrashing, leaving one of them dead and two others injured, he added.

The injured were admitted to Shaheed Taj Uddin Medical College Hospital.