A suspected robber was killed in a lynch-mob attack at Mandertek under Manohardi upazila in Narsingdi in the early hours of Friday.
The deceased could not be identified yet.
Fakhruddin Bhuiyan, officer-in-charge of Manohardi Police Station, said a gang of robbers swooped on the house of one Faizuddin at around 2 am, reports UNB.
After an announcement from a local mosque, locals rushed to the house and were able to catch only one of them robbers with the rest fleeing by then. They beat him to death.
The body has been sent for autopsy.