A 41-year-old man was beaten to death at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital in Dhaka on suspicion of being a child kidnapper.
The incident took place in front of the hospital’s children’s ward around 11pm on Wednesday. Police have detained a man in connection with the incident.
Police said Md Alam Sheikh was loitering in front of the children’s ward when relatives of children receiving treatment there became suspicious of him and questioned his presence at the hospital.
As he allegedly failed to provide a satisfactory explanation, several people dragged him downstairs and beat him, leaving him critically injured. He died early Thursday.
Police said they went to the scene after receiving an alert through the national emergency service 999. Alam’s identity was later confirmed through fingerprint verification.
He was from Natore. Police have contacted his family members, who are on their way to Dhaka.
Deputy Commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Tejgaon Division, Ibne Mizan said the body had been sent to the morgue of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College for an autopsy.
He said one person had been detained in connection with the incident. He added that legal action will be taken if the victim’s family files a complaint with the police.