[Bangla Daily Star] Two robbers were beaten to death and 15 people, including a policeman, injured as a mob attacked a gang of robbers around 2:00am in Kazirchar village of Raipur upazila in Lakshmipur.Where do you find a mob at two in the morning? Try Lakshmipur!
The armed gang of 15 to 20 robbers forcibly entered brothers Mizanur Rahman and Shariful Islam's house.
"Arrr! Lemme in there! [CRASH!]"
Mizanur, the elder brother, at that point managed to inform the police
"HELP! Police!"
and some of his neighbouring relatives using his mobile phone of the incident, said Raipur Police Station Officer-in-charge Monirul Islam Majumder.
"Yup. That's whut he done."
Neighbours surrounded the house hearing the noise made by all the family members before police came to the spot.
"It's Mizanul and Shariful! They're infested by gangsters!"
"Where's my torch?"
"Here, use one o' mine!"
"Watch it with that pitchfork!"
On sensing police presence,
"My spider sense! It's tingling!"
"It's da cops!"
the gang started shooting at the people and police.
[BANG! BANG! BANGETY BANG!]
The law enforcers returned fire, said OC Monirul.
[BANG! BANG! BANGETY BANG!]
"Maw! Hit the floor!"
The robbers attempted to escape,
"Lemme outta here!"
and two of them were chased down and beaten to death by the mob on the spot.
[THUMP! THUMP! THUMPETY THUMP!]
"Aaaiiieee! I am undone!"
"Rosebud!"
The rest of the gang managed to flee.
"Outta my way, Mom!"
"Curly-toes slippers, don't fail me now!"
"Comin' through!"
The dead robbers could not be identified immediately, reported our ace Noakhali correspondent.
"You recognize any of them, sir?"
"I've seen that elbow before, I'm sure of it!"
The bodies were sent to the Laximipur Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsies
"Doctor Quincy! To the white courtesy phone!"
and police recovered a gun and two bullets from the scene, said the OC.
"Put these with the others, Sergeant Shafiq! You never know when we might need them!"
Mizanur, Shariful, the Raipur Police Station Assistant Sub-inspector Abdur Rahim, Kabir Khan, Alauddin, Saddam Hossain, Kamrul Hossain, Omar Farooq, Azad Hossain and Kamal Hossain five others sustained injuries.
"Oh, man! That hadda hurt!"
Sources confirmed that 10 of the victims were admitted to the Raipur Upazila Health Complex, while the other five were taken to different private clinics.