A ‘mentally unstable’ man has allegedly hacked four people to death in Cumilla and was later beaten to death by locals upon being caught.
The incident was reported early on Wednesday (Jul 10) from Radhanagar village in the district’s Debidwar Upazila, said police.
The deceased are yet to be identified but three among them are women and the other is a child.
“Forty-year-old Mokhlesur Rahman hacked four people to death earlier in the day. Later, locals caught Rahman and beat him to death,” said Debidwar police OC Zahirul Anwar.
Citing locals OC Anwar added that the Mokhlesur was mentally unstable.