A mob beat four suspected robbers to death and injured two others foiling their bid to escape police custody at Chairman Ghat in Hatiya upazila on Friday night.

Additional superintendent of police AKM Asaduzzaman said a gang of robbers were coming towards Chairman Ghat area by a boat to commit for robbery at about 3:00 pm.

As suspicion arouse, locals questioned them and informed police.

Later, a team of police from Chairman Ghat police camp came in and picked up the six from the boat and took them to the police camp.

The law enforcers also recovered some locally-made sharp weapons and a handcuff from the boat.

Later, the arrestees swooped on policemen in the camp and at one stage, they with their weapons laid down on the camp table hit the policemen and managed to get free by cutting the ropes tied around their waists at about 11:00pm.

The fight left three police constables injured.

At one stage, local people chased them off and managed to catch them and gave them a severe thrashing, leaving the robbers injured.

Later, police rushed in and rescued the injured and took them to Noakhali Sadar Hospital where doctors declared four of the six robbers dead.