A mob beat up a trader to death in front of his residence at Badda in the capital in the early hours yesterday.
The deceased was identified as Jan-e-Alam alias Janu Sheikh, 38, owner of Shaheen-Shamol Aluminum Store in Maddhya Badda area.
Witnesses said around 10/12 people beat up the man indiscriminately by calling him as a thief at about 12:15am. Police later recovered the body of Janu from Borotek in Adarshanagar area in the morning.
However, police and the victim's family members could not say why he was killed.
Ripon Sheikh, younger brother of the deceased, told The Daily Star that the family members of his brother were shifted to Ripon's house as the area they were living was flooded. Janu left for his own house after taking meal from Ripon's house at about 10:30pm, his brother added.
Officer-in-Charge of Badda Police Station Nizamuddin told The Daily Star that they were trying to detect the persons who beat up Janu.