Local people beat up a leader of Awami League and handed him over to police at Phulbari Gate in Khulna city on Saturday.
The arrestee was identified as Beg Liakat Ali, vice-president of Khulna city unit Awami League.
Kabir Hossain, officer-in-charge of Khan Jahan Ali Police Station, said local people caught Liakat from Badamtola Police Training Centre and beat him up mercilessly, leaving him injured.
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On information, police rushed to the spot and arrested him and sent him to Khulna Medical College and Hospital prison cell.
He was wanted in different cases, said police.