Kushtia, April 10 -- year-old rickshaw-puller was killed in a lynch-mob attack in Kushtia district town on Thursday, suspecting him to be a thief.

The victim was identified as Surman Kha of GK Colony in the district town.

Meanwhile, police detained a couple and their daughter in this regard.

The victim's nephew, Sajal, said an incident of theft occurred in the house of detained fuchka vendor Hakim on Tuesday night. The accused resides in the same colony.

Suspecting him a thief, Hakim's followers picked the victim up from his house around 1am on Wednesday and beat him up at the house of the accused, he said.

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