Youth beaten dead by mob
A mob beat a youth to death on allegation of snatching a cell phone at Kaibarta Para of South Keraniganj, outskirts of the city, on Tuesday night, according to police.
The deceased, Babu alias Langra Babu, 20, was son of Hossain Ali of Khejurbagh of South Keraniganj, said Officer-in-Charge of South Keraniganj Police Station Abul Bashar.
Babu was a professional mugger and accused in several mugging cases filed with the police station, he claimed.
The OC said a gang of four snatchers attacked a person, whose identity could not be known, around 8:00pm in the area and tried to snatch his cell phone. Locals came forward as the victim shouted for help. The people managed to have caught only Babu and beat him dead on the spot. Police sent the body to Sir Salimullah Medical College for autopsy.
Babu's family members denied the allegation of his involvement with Tuesdays' snatching and claimed Babu to be a worker of a garment factory in Keraniganj. His aunt Saleha Begum filed a murder case with South Keraniganj Police Station in this connection.
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