Crime suspect beaten dead in Cox's Bazar

FE Team | Published: July 26, 2022 22:01:11

COX'S BAZAR, July 26 (UNB): A suspected criminal was beaten to death at Badamtol Station in Pekua upazila of Cox's Bazar district on Monday night.
The dead is Zafar Alam, son of Najir Ahmed of the upazila.
A group of people numbering 7-8 waylaid Zafar on his way home from Chakaria court around 8:00 pm, said Farhad Ali, officer-in-charge of Pekua thana.
Later, they beat him up mercilessly with a stick, leaving Zafar injured.
Locals rushed him to Pekua Upazila Health Complex where doctors declared him dead.
Police sent the body to the morgue of a local hospital.
Zafar was wanted in two murder cases including one over the murder of his daughter-in-law Salma Begum, said the OC.
He was also wanted in some other cases including that of arms and robbery.
Zafar's two sons- Jahangir and Alamgir- were wanted in many criminal cases.