[Dhaka Tribune] At least two alleged cattle lifters have been beaten to death by an angry mob at Soradangi village in Ataikula upazila.The untoward incident took place early yesterday, during which the infuriated villagers gave a good number of beating to three cow more lifters and police got admitted them to the district hospital in a critical condition.
One of the victims is Shahidul Islam, 40, from Singra village in NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
re, while the identity of another could not be confirmed yet.
When asked, Ataikula cop shoppe Officer-in-Charge Nur-e Alam admitted the brutal incident, saying a gang of cattle lifters had been taking out the cows of one Abul Kalam in Soradangi village around 4am and the family members sensed the presence of the thieves and gave them a hot chase.
At one stage, an announced in this regard was made through the mosque loudspeakers and the dwellers from nearby all villages joined the chase at once.
Finally, they managed to catch three lifters red handed and beat up them mercilessly, leaving two of them dead on the spot.
Being informed, police recovered the bodies from a field near to the Dhaka-Pabna highway in the morning.
Later, the mob found out three more cow lifters, namely Babul, 30, Forman Ali, 32, and Yar Ali Yarul, 35, in Gongaram village after a hectic search and they also became victim of beating.
Pabna Sadar circle ASP Mominul Hoque said the villagers were fed up at the recent outbreak of cow-theft there and the aggrieved people led the mediaeval killing.
The duo and the injured were members of inter-district gang of cattle lifters, the ASP went on.
Additional coppers were deployed in the village to prevent the repeat of any untoward incident. Pabna Superintendent of Police Alamgir Kabir visited the scene of the crime.