Another youth who was beaten suspecting to be a cattle lifter in Kaliganj upazila of Gazipur district died early Wednesday, raising the death toll to two.
The deceased,Abdullah, was a resident of Bandhakhola area under Tumulia union of the upazila.
He succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital in the morning.
According to locals and police, a group of thieves entered a cowshed to lift cows owned by one Shamsuddin Molla in Ramchandrapur village under Moktarpur union on Tuesday night.
Sensing the presence of the lifters owner Mollah shouted seeking help from the neighbours .
At one stage, announcements from the local mosques were made to detain the lifters and four of them were caught, they said.
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The locals beat them up indiscriminately that left one of the suspects named Shanto dead on the spot.
On information, police rescued the three and initially sent them to Kaliganj Upazila Health Complex and later shifted to DMCH.
Officer-in-charge of Kaliganj Police Station Md Alauddin said two cases have so far been filed in this regard.
One of the cases was filed by Shamsuddin Mollah and another by deceased Shanto's brother, he added.