Mugger beaten to death
A mob beat a mugger to death after he was caught red-handed at Jurain Baganbari in the city yesterday.
The dead was identified as Mohammad Ripon, 35, a resident of East Jurain in the area.
The police said local people caught him and gave him a good beating as he tried to escape after robbing a woman of her gold necklace around 11:00am.
Ripon snatched the gold necklace from the woman at knifepoint, the police said. But local people caught him and beat him up after the victim raised an alarm.
Receiving information, the police rushed to the spot and took Ripon to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead.
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