Rickshaw puller killed in lynch-mob attack

A 43-year-old rickshaw puller was killed in a lynch-mob attack in Kushtia district town on Thursday, suspecting him to be a thief.

The victim was identified as Surman Khan of GK Colony in the district town, reports UNB.

Meanwhile, police detained a couple and their daughter in this regard.

The victim’s nephew, Sajal, said an incident of theft occurred in the house of detained fuchka vendor Hakim on Tuesday night. The accused resides in the same colony.

Suspecting him to be a thief, Hakim’s followers picked the victim up from his house around 1:00 am on Wednesday and beat him up at the house of the accused, he said.

At one stage of the lynching, the rickshaw puller died while the accused fled the house, sensing the danger, Sajal said.

Superintendent of police Md Mizanur Rahman and Kushtia Model Police Station’s officer-in-charge Mosharraf Hossain visited the spot on Thursday morning.

The OC said they recovered the victim’s body, whose neck was tied with a rope, at the accused’s house.

He said they have already detained three accused in this regard, and efforts were underway to catch the remaining accused involved in this incident.