Suspected robber beaten dead

A suspected robber was killed and five others injured in a lynching at Sagardi village in Raipur upazila of Lakshmipur early Friday, reports UNB.

The deceased was identified as Sohel.

Quoting locals, Tota Mia, officer-in-charge of Raipur Police Station, said a gang of robbers swooped on the house of Jabbar Ali Bepari on early Friday night and took the residents hostage at gunpoint.

Hearing their screams, neighbours caught six of the robbers and beat them leaving six robbers injured.

On information, police went to the spot and taken them to local hospital where Sohel died.

Two light guns, six cartridges and few sharp weapons were recovered from the spot.