Mob kills two suspected thieves in Gazipur

An angry mob has beaten to death two persons for their suspected involvement in stealing cattle in Gazipur.

Police have identified the dead as 38-year-old Md Alam and 35-year-old Abul Kalam.

They were inside a covered van that was running at a high speed in Bhuiyabari neighbourhood of Kapasia Upazila around 5pm Saturday, said Moniruzzaman Khan, a sub-inspector of Kapasia police.

"It rolled over and fell in a paddy field. Locals found a cow inside the van.

"After questioning the passengers and the driver, the mob suspected that they were fleeing with a stolen cow," SI Khan said quoting locals.

The injured driver, 'Moksed', 38, was admitted to the Gazipur Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital, he said.