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Mugger beaten dead

Staff Correspondent, Khulna
A mob beat an alleged mugger dead after he was caught red-handed in Khulna city Sunday night. Golam Rasul Kalu, 30, was held while running away with the valuables taken away from a person at Purba Baniakhamar around 11:00pm, said senior sub-inspector Asmani Khanam, also the acting officer in-charge of Khulna Kotwali police station. The mob beat Kalu indiscriminately, leaving him seriously injured. On information, police rushed Kalu to Khulna Medical College and Hospital where doctors declared him dead around 11:30pm, the police official said. His hands and legs were broken and the tendon of one of his legs was severed, SI Julhas Uddin of the police station said.