Four youths have allegedly been beaten to death by a mob while carrying out violence in the capital’s Mirpur area early Monday.
The identity of the deceased could not be ascertained.
Mirpur model police SI Masud Parvez said: “We have recovered three bodies from Kazipara, while the other is from Darus Salam in Mirpur, around 1:30am. They were beaten to death by locals.”
However, witnesses said locals handed the anarchists to the police and later they were killed when police officers fired on them.
Several bullet marks have been spotted on the bodies.
Asked about the police shooting, the SI said: “This can only be answered after we receive the postmortem report. The bodies are now at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue.”