A cow thief was beaten to death by a mob in Jhenaidah's Maheshpur upazila early Thursday.
The incident happened around 4:00 AM at Valaipur village under in the upazila.
The deceased was identified as Rashed Sheikh, 37, son of Mithu Sheikh, a resident of the area.
Rashed's younger brother, Rajdul Sheikh, and his uncle, Bozlur Rahman, were also critically injured in the incident.
It was learnt that Rashed Khan, along with three others, went to steal a cow from Razzak's house, a resident of Biswas Para under Volaipur village. Then, locals chased them and detained three of the four. They were taken to a field at the local primary school and beaten by the mob, leaving Rashed Sheikh dead on the spot and other two injured.
On information, police rescued them and took the injured to a hospital where they are receiving treatment under police protection.
Mahbubu Rahman, officer-in-charge of Maheshpur Police Station, confirmed the matter.
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