A 35-year-old suspected robber was killed in a lynch-mob attack at Hilsia village in Patia upazila on Sunday.
The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.
Rashedul Islam, officer-in-charge of Patia Police Station, said six people, entered into the house of one person Badal Chowdhury around 2:30 am at the village and looted valuables after keeping the house inmates hostages at gunpoint.
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Hearing screams, local people encircled the house and managed to catch one robber while the others managed to flee the scene.
Later though, they gave him a good thrashing, leaving him dead.
On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Chattogram Medical College and Hospital morgue for autopsy.