United News of Bangladesh

A youth was beaten by some local people on Wednesday night over alleged attempt to rape a 7-year-old child at Bitgharin Nabinagar in Brahmanbaria district. The injured man is Abdul Khaled, 25, son of Anish Mia of Bitghar village. Nabinagar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Abdur Razzak said that Abdul Khalek tried to rape the child on the roof of a primary school in Bitghar village on Tuesday afternoon. ‘Rapist’ snatched by mob from police custody in Khilkhet, beaten Later, sensing the presence of local people he fled. When the matter came to light on Wednesday, people caught Khaled and thrashed him. On receiving the information, police went to the spot, rescued and admitted him to Brahmanbaria 250-bed General Hospital. Legal action will be taken, said the OC.

Local people beat a man to death suspecting him of being a thief at Sabujbagh in Dhaka on Thursday night. Police said they rescued Hridoy, 27, in a critical condition as local people thrashed him as they suspected him to be a thief. He was taken to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital where doctors announced him dead around 3:30 am on Friday. Anwar Hossain, a sub-inspector of Sabujbagh Police Station, said the locals claimed that they beat the man as he was caught while stealing in the area.