A suspected thief was killed in a lynch mob-attack at Pashra village in Sadar upazila early Tuesday. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Also read:2 'robbers' killed in Habiganj lynch-mob attack Locals said  a gang in the area used to loot valuables from people’s  houses after making them unconscious by providing toxic elements in food. Dilip Biswas, a resident in the area, said around 1:30 am a sound of knocking the door was heard and the inmates of the house raised a hue and cry suspecting something unusual .    Later, local people managed to catch one person aged about 30 and gave him a good thrashing, leaving him injured.  Also read:Lalmonirhat mob killing: DIG, DC pay spot visit   On information, police rushed to the spot and took him to a local hospital where doctors declared him dead, said Sumon Ranjan Sarkar, assistant superintendent of Faridpur Police.

Rangpur divisional commissioner and Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) of Rangpur Range visited the spot where a rabid and belligerent mob beat a man to death and burned his body in Lalmonirhat’s Patgram upazila accusing him of ‘disrespecting the Quran’.