A mob foiled a carjacking attempt of three criminals after beating a carjacker to death and injuring another critically in the capital's Pallabi on Monday night.

The deceased was identified as Abdul Halim, 25, while the injured Muktar Hossain, 23, was undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH).

Pallabi police said a gang of three criminals intercepted a private car and tried to push its driver out of the vehicle at gunpoint in Pallabi residential area at about 9:00pm.

The criminals also shot the car driver when he tried to resist them from snatching the car.

Hearing the driver's scream, locals thronged the spot, caught the two criminals and gave them a good beating while the other managed to flee.

Police took Halim and Muktar to DMCH after the incident where Halim succumbed to his injuries around 12:30am.

The condition of Muktar was stated to be critical, hospital sources said.

However, Halim's wife claimed that her husband was not a car-lifter but a driver of a rent-a-car shop.