Mob beats man to death in Khulna
On suspicion of being a thief, a man was beaten to death by a mob at Amdabad village of Noihati union under Rupsha upazila of Khulna district yesterday.
The deceased was identified as Ajgor Sheikh, 32, son of Mahor Ali of Jaria Baroitala area under Fakirhat upazila in Bagerhat district.
Quoting locals, Molla Jakir Hossain, officer-in-charge of Rupsha Police Station, told The Daily Star that three to four people including Ajgor came to steal fish from the enclosures near Amdabad bus stand area of Rupsha upazila in the early hours of yesterday. Locals chased them and caught Ajgor while others managed to flee the scene.
“The mob beat him and left him critically injured,” said the OC.
On information, police rescued him and sent him to Rupsha Health Complex where doctors declared him dead, added OC Jakir.
Alamgir Hossain Sharabon, local union parishad member told The Daily Star that the incident took place amid an ongoing campaign at educational institutions, discouraging people from taking the law into their own hands.
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