3 cases filed over C\\\'nawabganj lynch-mob attack

Three separate cases were filed in connection a lynch-mob attack which left four suspected robbers dead in Gomastapur upazila on Wednesday.
The three cases were filed with Gomastapur police station at night, said Firoz Ahmed, officer-in-charge of the police station.
Assistant sub-inspector Rezaul Karim filed a case for attempting to commit robbery.
Sub-inspector Ashraf filed a murder case accusing some unnamed men and sub-inspector Saiful Alam filed another case under the arms act accusing 10/12 robbers.
On Wednesday night four suspected robbers were killed and another was injured in a lynch-mob attack in Boalia area of Gomastapur upazila allegedly while trying to lift a motorcycle, a news agency report said.
The deceased were identified as Golam Rabbani, 40, son of Bazlur Rahman, resident of Kornokhali village of Shibganj upazila, Ator Ali, 40, son of Naim uddin, Sohel, 30, son of Kaiful Islam, Alamgir, 30, son of Bodor Ali, resident of Durgapur area of Bholahat upazila.
Firoz Ahmed, officer in-charge of Gomastapur Police Station, said a gang of 10/12 bandits intercepted a motorcyclist in Boalia area on Gomastapur-Bholanathpur road around 7:15pm and tried to take it away.
Hearing victim’s screams, locals rushed in, encircled the gang members and managed to catch four of them.
Later, the angry mob gave them a good beating, leaving them critically injured.
On information, police rescued the injured robbers and took them to Gomastapur upazila health complex where doctors declared one of them dead while three others succumbed to their injuries at the hospital later.
-SS