Four suspected robbers have been killed and another hospitalised with serious injuries in a mob beating in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj early today, police said.
The incident occurred around midnight on Sunday at Bagri village in Sadipur Union, said Additional Superintendent of Police Chailau Marma, spokesman for the district police.
Three of the "robbers" died on the spot while another died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
The other injured was admitted to National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic Rehabilitation (Nitor).