A suspected robber was killed in a lynch-mob attack on Jashore-Magura highway adjacent to Nongarpur Bazar in Jashore district town early Tuesday.
The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately, said Inspector (operation) Shamsuddoha of Kotwali Police Station.
Locals chased a gang of robbers while they were committing robbery in the area and caught one of them, he said.
They gave him good thrashing following the incident, leaving him critically injured.
On information, police rescued him and took him to Jashore General Hospital where the duty doctors declared him dead, reports UNB.