A youth was beaten to death in the capital’s Sabujbag area on suspicion of theft.
The incident took place in an under construction building near Basabo field on Thursday (September 9) night.
The young man killed due to excessive the beating has been identified as Hridoy (27).
Sabujbag police station Superintendent of Police (SI) Anowar Hossain said, Hridoy was suspected to be a thief and beaten. He fainted to the ground at one point of the beating.
At aroung 3:00 am last night, he was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) emergency department. There he was declared death by the on-duty doctor at DMCH.
SI Anowar said, two people have been arrested in this connection. They are being interrogated regarding the incident.
The body will undergo autopsy, said police.
Whether the youth died as a result of beating last night or is there any other reason of his death will be revealed once we receive the autopsy report, said SI Anowar. Legal steps are being taken over this incident.
