KISHOREGANJ — A 40-year-old man was beaten to death by a mob on suspicion of cattle theft in Kishoreganj’s Pakundia upazila, police said.
The killing took place in the early hours of Friday, March 6, on the bank of the old Brahmaputra River in the South Charteki area of Charfaradi union.
The victim, Ramiz Uddin, was the son of Hazrat Ali Munshi of Char Algi village in the upazila.
Nazrul Islam, member for ward 3 of Charfaradi union, said a man carrying a cow went to the bank of the old Brahmaputra in the early hours of Friday. Workers making bank-protection blocks there detained him on suspicion of cattle theft. Local residents who arrived after hearing the news began beating him, and he died at the scene, the official said. Pakundia Police Station officers recovered the body after being informed.
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