A youth has been beaten to death allegedly for stealing money from the alms box of a mosque at Nalgolkot in Comilla.
The identity of the deceased, aged about 27 years, could not be ascertained immediately.
Quoting locals, Nalgolkot police station OC Nazrul Islam said local people caught the youth while he was stealing money from the alms box of Manikmura Bazar Jame Mosque around 4am Friday.
"The angry people beat the man severely that left him dead on the spot," he said.
Being informed, police recovered the body and sent it to Comilla Medical College Hospital.