A suspected extortionist was killed in a lynch-mob attack at Pahartali Bazar in Double Mooring area of the city on Monday.
The deceased, Mohiuddin Sohel, 27, was a listed drug trader of Khulshi area and he used to collect toll from traders of the bazaar, claimed locals.
Quoting traders, Mohiuddin Selim, officer-in-charge of Double Mooring Police Station, said Sohel locked into an altercation with the traders around 11 am when he went to the bazaar to collect toll.
At one stage, the businessmen along with locals gave him a good beating, leaving him critically injured.Sohel was taken to Chittagong Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead.
source: UNB
