Three beaten to death in Kushtia, Kamrangirchar

A mob beat two men to death in the capital's Kamrangirchar on Wednesday while a neighbour allegedly tortured a rickshaw-puller to death in Kushtia
yesterday.

In the Sylheti Bazar area of Kamrangirchar, tea stall owner Nur Mohammad, who had earlier accused several men of demanding extortion in a case, was assaulted on Wednesday night, said Amirul Islam, officer-in-charge of Kamrangirchar Police Station.

Citing locals, the OC said nine or 10 men led by an accused in the extortion case were beating up the tea seller and asking him to withdraw the extortion case when a crowd gathered.

Seeing the crowd, the group tried to run away and threw seven crude bombs, three of which exploded, but locals caught two of them and beat them to death on the spot, the OC added.

The deceased are Muhammad Nadim, 30, and Masud, 32, said the officer, he said, adding that the latter was a suspected gang leader.

Police yesterday accused several thousand unnamed people in a case filed over the mob killings.

Besides, the tea seller's father-in-law Chan Mia filed another case accusing three people of attempted murder over the assault on locals.

Police arrested a suspect named Sohag in the case.

RICKSHAW PULLER KILLED IN KUSHTIA

Police said a rickshaw puller named Surman Khan, 43, was held captive at a neighbour's house for almost 30 hours and tortured to death in Kushtia's GK Colony area, reports our correspondent in the district.

The neighbours thought he was a thief and tortured him, said Mosharraf Hossain, the officer-in-charge of Kushtia Police Station.

Officers recovered his body from the house of a local named Hakim yesterday morning.

Police arrested Hakim, his wife, and daughter after Surman's wife filed a case.

Locals said there was a theft at Hakim's house during Eid holidays.