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| Carjacker beaten to death in city | |
| 2009-09-16 | |
[Bangla Daily Star] A mob foiled a carjacking attempt of three criminals after beating a carjacker to death and injuring another critically in the capital's Pallabi on Monday night.
Pallabi police said a gang of three criminals intercepted a private car and tried to push its driver out of the vehicle at gunpoint in Pallabi residential area at about 9:00pm. The criminals also shot the car driver when he tried to resist them from snatching the car. Hearing the driver's scream, locals thronged the spot, caught the two criminals and gave them a good beating while the other managed to flee. Police took Halim and Muktar to DMCH after the incident where Halim succumbed to his injuries around 12:30am. The condition of Muktar was stated to be critical, hospital sources said. However, Halim's wife claimed that her husband was not a car-lifter but a driver of a rent-a-car shop. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 On the one hand yes the crowd did beat the carjacker to death , and thus he wasn't tried on the other hand he did shoot the driver he was robbing, so the crowd were justified in self-defence. I salute the crowds sense of civic duty to prevent crime (but perhaps not their restraint once the culprit is apprehended). |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2009-09-16 08:30 |
| #3 There is that I suppose, anonymous5089. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-09-16 06:27 |
| #2 I find it difficult to understand the large number of criminals running around Bangladesh, when the locals are so quick to harm any badman who dares lift a hand to practice his trade. Because the lynchings are as much of an indication of a lawless, violent society than the robberies and assaults? Two symptoms of the same diseased, failed society? |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2009-09-16 03:45 |
| #1 Halim will think twice about doing that again. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2009-09-16 00:27 |