A man suspected of theft has been beaten to death by a “mob” in the Chandrima Model Town area of Dhaka’s Mohammadpur. 12 Hakkar Par area around 3:15pm on Monday, according to Mehedi Hasan, assistant commissioner of the police’s Mohammadpur Zone. Another man identified by a single name - Fahim, 23 – has been admitted to Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital with critical injuries as well. The two were taken to Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital in critical condition, where one of them died.”A stolen phone was recovered from them, he said. “Two cases are being registered over the incident – one over the theft of the mobile phone, the other over the death,” Mehedi added.
