A case was filed accusing 700 unnamed people in connection with the lynching of two people on theft charge in Taraganj upazila of Rangpur district on Saturday night.
Bharati Rani, wife of victim Ruplal, filed the case with Taraganj Police Station on Sunday, said officer-in-charge MA Faruk.
Protesting at the deaths, local people blocked Rangpur-Dinajpur highway on Sunday evening.
They left the highway upon local administration鈥檚 assurance over ensuring justice.
On Saturday night, Ruplal Das, 40, of Ghanirampur and his son-in-law Pradeep Das (husband of his niece), 35, were killed in a lynch-mob attack on charges of stealing a van at Burihat Bottala of Taraganj upazila.
Quoting family members, police said that Ruplal along with Pradeep, husband of Ruplal鈥檚 niece, went to village Ghanirampur to see a prospective groom for his daughter on Saturday night by a van.
When they reached Bottala on Taraganj-Kazirhat road, local people confronted them as suspected van lifters.
In a bizarre coincidence two local van pullers named Alamgir Hossain of village Pasharipara and Mehedi Hasan of Burirhat fell sick and got unconscious, deepening suspicion among local people as they believed the van was stolen after the owner was made unconscious through toxic elements.
Later, local people beat them up mercilessly, leaving both injured.
They were first taken to Taraganj Upazila Health Complex where the doctors declared Ruplal dead at about 12:00am.
Pradeep was taken to Rangpur Medical College and Hospital where he died from his injuries on early Sunday.
