Young man beaten dead over ‘theft’
Benapole: A young man was beaten to death over theft allegation at Harikhali village in Sharsha upazila of Jessore on Sunday morning.
The deceased was identified as Saiful Islam, in his twenties, a resident of the village.
Sharsha police officer-in-charge Enamul Haque said residents of a house at the village caught Saiful while he was walking past the house at night.
They beat him indiscriminately on charge of stealing a mobile, leaving him critically injured.
Later he was rushed to Sharsha Upazila Health Complex, where he succumbed to his injuries at about 8:30am.
On information, police recovered the body and sent it the hospital morgue for an autopsy.
A case was filed in this connection.