Three suspected robbers were beaten to death and another three critically injured by a mob in Noakhali’s Hatiya tonight.
The deceased could not be identified immediately, Anisul Haque, officer-in-charge of Hatiya Police Station, told The Daily Star.
Quoting locals, he said the six people arrived at Chairman Ghat in a trawler.
When the locals saw a group of strangers getting off from a boat at that hour, they grew suspicious and then confronted them.
The six first introduced them as coast guards but started running away once they saw the crowd was getting bigger, the OC continued.
Locals chased them down and beat them up around 11:00pm. The three of the deceased, all believed to be aged between 30 and 40, died on the spot, the police official said.
The other three were then taken to a local hospital.
Their conditions are stated to be critical by doctors at the hospital, said OC Anisul.
People recovered some homemade sharp weapons from the trawler used by the robber suspects, he added.
Hatiya, being surrounded by rivers, is no stranger to robbery.
Source: The Daily Star
