‘Cattle thief’ lynched in Noakhali

NOAKHALI, Aug 10 (UNB): A man was beaten to death by residents in Charafkira union of Naokhali's Companiganj upazila in the early hours on Wednesday on suspicion of being a cattle thief, police said.

The identity of the dead could not be known.

The body was recovered by police and sent to the Noakhali General Hospital morgue for an autopsy.

A gang of thieves swooped on the cowsheds of Zakir Hossain and Noor Uddin in the Arjuntala area of the upazila around 3.30 am, district SP Mohammad Shahidul Islam said.

"Sensing the presence of the thieves, local people surrounded them and caught one of them while the others managed to flee.