Bangladesh News

Two muggers were beaten to death and two others injured by a mob in the city’s Shyampur area early yesterday.

The dead were identified as Shaon alias ‘Black’, 28, and Abdur Rahim, 25. The injured are Shukkur Ali, 28, and Mohammad Imran, 25.

The injured are undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). The condition of Imran was stated to be critical.

Police said a gang of four intercepted a woman named Gulshama of Goshaipara at Nutun Rasta at around 4:45am and tried to snatch valuables from her while she along with her child was walking on the road.

As the woman cried for help, locals chased the muggers, caught all the four and beat them up severely.

On information, police rushed to the spot and rescued the gang members. They sent them to the DMCH where doctors declared Shaon and Rahim dead.

Injured Shukkur said he is a labourer and was waiting there for a truck to unload sand from it. Imran, however, could not say anything, as he was lying unconscious.

Shyampur police said they recovered three sharp weapons from their (muggers) possession. They said the gang had been carrying out snatching in the area for long.

With the two, mobs beat at least 30 people dead in separate incidents in the capital and in Narayanganj in the last one year.

Of them, three robbers were beaten to death at Trimohoni under Khilgaon Police Station, five robbers at Sonargaon in Narayanganj and an extortionist was beaten to death at Pallabi in the city.