A trader of garment waste materials succumbed to his injuries late Friday night at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in the city after being severely beaten Monday by a gang of criminals in Narayanganj.

Sources said a gang of local miscreants led by Mokhles kidnapped the victim Md. Rafiqul Islam, 25, son of Delwar Hossain at Siddhirganj in Narayanganj Monday afternoon while he was on his way to Demra along with his friend Alamgir. They took them to a club at Hajinagar in Demra and beat them up with iron rods and bamboo sticks.

Police later rescued them and sent Rafiqul to the DMCH and his friend to the Pangu Hospital.

A critically injured Rafiqul died at about 12 midnight yesterday.

The victim's wife Jesmin told The Daily Star that Rafiq's uncle was also murdered by the same gang in the Boxnagar area of Demra about four months ago. Police had arrested some of the gang members at that time.

"The criminals were released on bail recently and kidnapped my husband in revenge for their arrest following his uncle's murder," she added.

No murder case was filed with the police station concerned till 8 last night.