'Extortionist' beaten to death in Mirpur

Mirpur police rescued the youth from a frenzied crowd at about 11:30am and admitted him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where doctors declared him dead, police said.

The man went to Bikrampur Meat Shop at around 10:30am and demanded toll from its employee Humayun Kabir, police said.

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The alleged extortionist wanted to make a call over Kabir's cell phone as he refused to pay the man saying the shop owner was away. Making the call, the youth later tried to leave the shop with the phone set, police added.

Kabir raised a cry for help. Hearing it, Zafar, a staff of nearby Janoni Departmental Shop, came out and stopped the alleged extortionist. The man hit Zafar in the head with a pistol.

Catching the man after a chase later, enraged locals pounded him till police recovered him with a pistol, locals said.

Meanwhile, two or three of his gang members, waiting outside the shop, fled the scene after the mob held him, they added.

Zafar was also admitted to the DMCH with head injury, police said.

Later, local traders brought out a procession in the area and protested routine attack by muggers, extortionists and hoodlums.