Dhaka, Aug 17 (V7N) – A young man identified as Md. Toufiqul Islam alias Killer Babu (26) died following a mob beating in the Shahidnagar Lohar Bridge area of Lalbagh early Sunday.

According to police and hospital sources, locals found Toufiqul in an inebriated state around 3:30 am on Saturday. An agitated mob beat him before informing the Azimpur Army Camp. He was later rescued and taken to the Emergency Department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) at around 8:15 am on Sunday, where doctors pronounced him dead.

The body has been kept at the DMCH morgue for autopsy. Police from Lalbagh Police Station have been informed and are investigating the incident.

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