A local terrorist was killed and his cohort was injured in a mob beating at Rangunia upazila of Chittagong on Sunday night.
The dead Mahbub Alam, 35, was an accused in two cases including a murder case, said Chandan Kumar Chawaktroborty, officer-in- charge of Rangunia police station.
The injured Amin, accused in four cases, was admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital, said the OC adding that police had recovered a light gun, a rifle and six rounds of bullets from their possession.
Quoting locals, the OC said Mahbul and his associate Amin were caught by the locals with firearms when they were asking for extortion money from them around 7pm. The locals then beat up the duo, leaving them critically injured, he added.
After receiving information, police apprehended them from a tea garden and admitted the two in Upazila Health Complex, said the OC adding that they were shifted to CMCH where the duty doctors declared Mahbub dead.
OC Chandan said the duo had went into hiding soon after cases were filed against them with Rangunia police station. However, they might have returned to the upazila few days back, he added.