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'Thief' beaten to death'

Our Correspondent, Gaibandha
A suspected thief was beaten to death by a mob in Sundarganj upazila of Gaibandha early yesterday. On information, police recovered the body of Anisur Rahman, 25, in the morning and sent it to Sadar hospital morgue for autopsy. Abul Mohammad Delwar Hasan Inam, officer-in-charge of Sundarganj police station, said Anisur entered the stationery shop of one Nibaran Chandra at Katriyapara village around 2:00am to steal valuables. Hearing noises in the shop, locals rushed to the spot and caught him red-handed. They then beat up Anisur mercilessly, leaving him dead on the spot, the OC said.