A youth was lynched by a mob shortly after he stabbed another youth to death on Tuesday morning in Dacope upazila in Khulna, UNB reports.
The stabbed youth was identified as Nilotpal Raptan, 28, son of Sukumar Raptan while the man killed by mob was identified as Emon, son of Badol Sheikh.
Confirming the information, Md Shafiqul Islam Chowdhury, officer-in-charge of Dacope Police Station, said Nilotpal was stabbed to death on the spot by Emon over a trifling issue at around 9:30am.
After a while, agitated villagers caught Emon and beat him up. He was declared dead after being taken to Upazila Health Complex, the OC added.