Two youths were beaten to death and two others were injured by local people on suspicion of mugging in two separate incidents at Mohammadpur in the capital Dhaka on Wednesday.
The latest death incidents occurred at a time when such incidents in mob violence are on the rise in the country with at least 111 killed in mob violence between January 1 and August 10.
Mohammadpur police station officer-in-charge Kazi Rafiq Ahmed said that the deceased were identified as Hanif and Sujan, both aged between 20 and 22.
鈥楾he deceased were professional muggers and at least four cases were filed with the police station against them,鈥� he said, adding that even there was an arrest warrant against them.
Kazi Rafiq said that the incidents occurred in Mohammadpur area at about 3:30am and 7:00am on Wednesday.
鈥楢t about 3:30am, a group of local people caught two men during an alleged mugging attempt on Road No 16 of Nabinagar Housing and beat them up, leaving one dead on the spot and the other critically injured,鈥� he said.
鈥楢 similar incident took place at about 7:30am on Road No 11 in the same housing area, where one more suspect was killed and another was injured in mob beating,鈥� the police official said.
鈥楾he bodies were sent to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College morgue for autopsy and the injured two, Sharif and Jewel, are currently undergoing treatment there,鈥� he said.
He said that filing cases regarding the incidents was under way.
According to rights organisation Ain o Salish Kendra data, at least 207 individuals were lynched between August 1, 2024 and August 10, 2025.