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2 'extortionists' lynched in city

Staff Correspondent
Two alleged extortionists were lynched in Sutrapur and Khilgaon yesterday, police said.
Saddam Hossain Rana, 28, was beaten to death by a mob in front of his house at Pa ri das Road in Sutrapur, while construction workers beat Mohammad Motin, 28, to death inside an under-construction bulldingat Hajiparain Khilgaon.
The first incident happened al around noon when a mob chased down alleged extortionist Rana and beat him up just outside his house before police could rescue the fatally injured young man. Rana was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH)wherchedied.
Police said Rana along with a few other men went to the neighbourhood's Chilkot Confectionery Monday night to demand Tk 11,000 from its owner Akbar and threat-
ened to harm him if he didn't pay.
"The following morning, Rana realised Tk 3,000 from Akbar and said he would come back for the rest," the duty officer of Sutrapur Police Station said quoting a complaint lodged by the shop owner soon after the incident.
Shortly afterwards, Rana was lynched by local people in front of his house.
Rana's wife Mabia Mehmud Luna however gave a different account of the incident Site said Sutrapur police went to their house to arrest Rana at around 10:00am when he wasnot home.
Later, the same police team caught Rana in front of the house at around 11:00am and started beating him up.
"Rana collapsed on the ground as police kept beating him. Police also incited the mob to take part in the indiscriminate beating," she said.
Luna said Rana ran a shop named Best Crockeries at Chandrima Market.
Sutrapur police refuted the allegation of being present during the mob beating. They said Rana was a listed criminal and a member of the Niloy group. He is an accused in two cases and was also named in a general diary filed with police. He was arrested during the Operation Clean Heart, police said.
In the second incident, another alleged extortionist Mohammad Motin, 26, was beaten to death by construction workers at East Hajipara in Khilgaon at about 1:30pm.
Quoting the inquest report, police said Motin along with his accomplices went to an underconstruction building at 39/6/1 East Hajipara Monday night and demanded money from the build-
ing manager. They also threatened to stop the construction work unless the money was paid the following morning.
Yesterday morning, Motin and three others again went to the building. Failing to realise the money from the manager, the gang beat up some of the construction workers saying they would be back soon to get the money.
At noon, they went back to the place but Motin was caught by workers while the three others managed to flee. The angry workers tied him up and beat him mercilessly. Motin died on the spot.
Khilgaon police recovered the victim's body from the building and sent it to the DMCH morgue for autopsy.
Separate cases were filed with the police stations concerned in connection with the two incidents.