Angry mob lynches two suspected robbers in Pabna

Two men with suspected ties to robbery have been beaten to death by an angry mob in Pabna’s Santhia Upazila.

The dead men, identified as Shahin alias Halka Shahin, 45, and Nasir alias Kalu, were operatives of the banned extremist outfit Sarbahara Party, according to the police.
 
The lynching took place in the upazila’s Chhondo Canalparha area around 12am on Saturday after the two were caught attempting to rob a home in the area by locals, said Santhia Police OC Jahangir Hossain.

“Four extremists set out to rob the residence of Siddik (a local) around midnight. When neighbours caught wind of the situation, the robbers jumped into the canal in a bid to flee,” he said. 
 
“But the locals caught two of them who were subsequently beatthem. The others managed to escape.”  

Informed of the matter, police arrived on the scene and rescued the two before admitting them to the Upazila Health Complex.

They were taken to Pabna General Hospital around 3am when their conditions deteriorated. Doctors at the hospital subsequently declared the two of them dead.

According to the OC, Shahin and Kalu were implicated in a series of cases over robbery and under the Explosives Act.