OUR CORRESPONDENT, Shariatpur

Three suspected robbers were killed and four of their associates injured in a mob beating in Shariatpur.

Nine others were also wounded when the robbers opened fire after being chased by locals during the incident on Friday night.

Shariatpur Superintendent of Police Md Nazrul Islam said the injured robbers and locals were receiving medical treatment. Four suspected robbers and two gunshot victims were undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

Police said a group of seven robbers entered Rajarhat of Madaripur’s Kalkini upazila around 8:30pm. After being chased by locals, the robbers opened fire indiscriminately, injuring seven people in Madaripur and two in the bordering Shariatpur district.

Six of the injured were being treated at Madaripur and Shariatpur sadar hospitals. Another was discharged after first aid.

While fleeing via the Kirtinasha river, the robbers were intercepted by enraged locals in the Tetulia area of Domsar union under Shariatpur’s Sadar upazila. They were severely beaten by the locals.

On information, Palong police had set up checkpoints at various locations, and later, police and army personnel arrived at the scene, transporting the injured and deceased to the hospital.

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