5 criminals killed by mob, rivals
Three dacoits were killed in a mob attack in Comilla Saturday night while two muggers stabbed to death by their rivals in Gazipur yesterday.
Comilla police said villagers of Baraia Krishnapur in Chandina upazila encircled a gang of robbers, numbering 7-8, while they were taking preparation to commit a robbery at 11:00pm.
Later, they caught the three dacoits and beat them to death.
On information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to hospital morgue for autopsy. Identities of the robbers could not known.
In Gazipur, two muggers were stabbed to death and another was injured in an attack by their rivals over sharing of gambling money at Purbo Arichapur in Tongi yesterday afternoon.
The victims were identified as Kawsar, 30, and Jalal, 28.
Police quoting witness said when Kawsar and his two associates were returning home after an arbitration meeting over sharing gambling money in a slum, their rivals swooped on them and stabbed them mercilessly at about 3:00pm, leaving Kawsar dead on the spot.
Local people rescued injured Jalal, 28, from the spot and sent him to Tongi Government Hospital and later he was shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries in the evening.
Another injured youth managed to escape.
Officer-in-charge of Tongi Police Station Tapan Kumar Saha said both Kawsar and Jalal were muggers.
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