A suspected motorbike lifter was killed in a lynch-mob attack at Amgaon in Haripur upazila of Thakurgaon district on Wednesday.
The deceased was identified as Rubel Islam, 34, son of Khalulur Rahman of Ranisankail upazila.
Quoting local people, Zakaria Mandal, Officer-in-Charge of Haripur Police Station, said local people caught Rubel red handed at Zadurani Bazar while he was fleeing with a motorbike allegedly stolen from the area around 10:30 am.
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Later, he was taken to Garuhati Bazar where local people beat him up mercilessly after hanging him with a tree, leaving him dead on the spot.
On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy.