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'Criminal' beaten to death

Our Correspondent, Sirajganj
A top criminal was killed in mob beating in Kamarkhanda upazila on Monday night. He was identified as Abdul Khaleque, 38, son of Ashraf Ali of Khidrabhadraghat village under Kamarkhand upazila. He had been absconding for long to escape from 18 years' imprisonment in two cases. Khaleque was a most wanted accused in several cases including for murder, robbery and extortion, police said. Abul Kalam Azad, OC of Kamarkhand PS said Khaleque returned to his village on Monday night and started extort people. When the news was spread, local people encircled him and beat him up severely. Later he succumbed to injuries at a hospital at night.