A suspected extortionist was killed in a lynch-mob attack at Pahartali Bazar at Double Mooring in Chattogram on Monday.
The deceased, Mohiuddin Sohel, 27, was a listed drug trader of Khulshi area and he used to collect toll from traders of the bazaar, claimed locals.
Quoting traders, Mohiuddin Selim, officer-in-charge of Double Mooring Police Station, said Sohel locked into an altercation with the traders around 11:00am when he went to the bazaar to collect toll.
At one stage, the businessmen along with locals gave him a good beating, leaving him critically injured.
Sohel was taken to Chittagong Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead, reports UNB.