A youth has been killed in mob beating on suspicion of being a mugger in Swarighat area of Old Dhaka in the capital earlier this morning.
Police said, locals chased four youth were snatching money and belongings from a man at Keraniganj ferry ghat area around 5:30 am today.
One of them managed to flee away while the other three dived into the river. The three of them swam across the river and got out at Champatali Ghat area.
The locals beat them up there.
They injured seriously. Police rescued them and taken first to Mitford Hospital. Later, they were taken to DMCH.
Then the doctors declared one of them dead. The other two are undergoing treatment under police guard there.