2 muggers die in mob beating
Two muggers were killed and two others injured by a mob at a kitchen market at Birulia under Savar upazila yesterday morning.
Police and witnesses said a gang of four snatched Tk 80,000 from a trader at the kitchen market at around 6:00am and tried to flee the scene by a microbus.
As the traders cried for help, the devotees, who were coming out of a nearby mosque after Fazr prayers, chased the muggers.
Being chased, the muggers swooped on the devotees with sharp weapons, leaving three of them injured.
Later, the devotees along with other people caught the four muggers and beat them up, killing two on the spot and injuring two others.
The dead were identified as Babu, 25, and Billal, 25.
On information, police rushed to the spot and rescued the injured muggers-- Jamal, 31, and Hasan, 20-- in a critical condition
They were later admitted to Savar Upazila Health Complex.
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