A suspected thief was killed in a lynch-mob attack at a local mosque in Mymensingh's Trishal upazila early Monday.
The deceased was identified as Rana Mia, son of Amsor Ali of Hiron from Sadar upazila's Palashia village.
Trishal Police Station Officer-in-Charge Monsur Ahamed said that a number of theft incidents occurred at Raimony Madhyapara Baitul Rahman Jam-e-Mosque over the last few months.
On Sunday midnight, local people caught a man in the mosque on suspicion of theft and informed villagers through loudspeakers of the mosque.
They beat up Rana indiscriminately, leaving him dead on the spot.
Police recovered the body and sent it to Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital morgue.
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