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| 3 hijackers beaten to death in city |
| 2009-05-09 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] A mob beat three carjackers to death and critically injured another at Keraniganj as the criminals attempted to snatch an auto-rickshaw Thursday night. The deceased were identified as Akhter Hossain, 45, Shah Alam, 32, and Selim, 48. The criminal injured in the incident was Akash, 27, son of Mofiz Khan of Wapda Lane. Police said the gang hired the auto-rickshaw from Kadamtoli intersection for Stand Bazar in South Keraniganj around 9:30pm. On the way, at Mirzapur the snatchers throttled the driver with a piece of cloth and compelled him to stop, said police. They then pushed him out of the vehicle at knifepoint, police added. Around 200 people of the densely populated area thronged the spot hearing driver Faruqe's scream and intercepted the running snatched auto-rickshaw. Locals said the vehicle fell into a roadside ditch as they tried to stop it. The mob dragged all four snatchers out of the auto-rickshaw and gave them a good beating leaving them critically injured, police said. On information police went to the spot and took the injured to Dhaka Medical College Hospital around 11:30pm. Three of the gang members succumbed to their injuries around 1:30am yesterday. Diver Faruqe and snatcher Akash were released from the hospital after primary treatment, said police. Akash was taken in police custody, they added. Mohammad Arif, owner of the auto-rickshaw, filed a case with the South Keraniganj Police Station in this regard. Earlier on April 22, two other auto-rickshaw snatchers were killed in a mob beating at Jajira village in the same area. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 damn |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-05-09 18:24 |
| #9 I remember when OJ intercepted the running snatched auto-rickshaw. Seems you are rong! |
| Posted by: .5MT 2009-05-09 18:10 |
| #8 I'm not sure why these miscreants even attempt this crap. Places like B'desh, India (everywhere) are so densely populated that it is impossible to commit an act like that without there being literally hundreds of eyewitnesses. And a lot of the people you find on the street are from the villages, and pretty much live on the street. They have no reservations about thumping bad actors, and they all want to get their shot in. |
| Posted by: Floluns Hapsburg6629 2009-05-09 13:31 |
| #7 Is this vigilantism, or Kash 'N Karry Karma? |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-05-09 12:51 |
| #6 Like most vigilantes, they're doing the job that the government is failing to do. They're not vigilantes, they're just undocumented policemen. Dare I say it? They're Freelance Police! |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-05-09 11:15 |
| #5 intercepted the running snatched auto-rickshaw. betcha you'll NEVER see that sentence again in your life |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-05-09 10:16 |
| #4 there are alot here that need the same thing done instead of sitting in priosn for 40-50 years |
| Posted by: rabid whitetail 2009-05-09 10:12 |
| #3 The South Keraniganj and Wapda Lane communities mourn the losses. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-05-09 09:22 |
| #2 Like most vigilantes, they're doing the job that the government is failing to do. |
| Posted by: gromky 2009-05-09 08:14 |
| #1 Perhaps purse snatching is a better career choice, if less lucrative per incident. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-05-09 01:29 |