Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.
Police said local people caught three alleged robbers around 3am while a gang of robbers was preparing to commit robbery at the village.
The villagers then gave them a good beating, leaving the three dead on the spot.
Officer-in-charge of Jhikargachha police station Molla Khabir Ahmed said: “The robbers were caught by local people when they went to the village to commit robbery. Later, they died in a mass beating.”
Superintendent of Police Bhaskar Saha echoed the same words.
Sub-Inspector of Jhikargacha police station Akram Hossain Chowdhury told the Dhaka Tribune that being informed by locals they had recovered the bodies and sent those to Jessore Sadar Hospital for post-mortem examinations.
Local representatives, however, said they did not heard about any mass beating in the locality.
Shariful Islam, member of ward 1 under Jhikargachhar municipality, said no incident of mass beating took place in the area on Tuesday night.
He also said the deceased were not residents of his area.
