Locals beat to death a man and injured another at Kachuai under Patiya upazila of Chittagong on Monday night suspecting them to be hijackers of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw.
The deceased was identified as Mofizur Rahman, 23. The injured Omar Faruque, 22, is undergoing treatment at Neurosurgery Ward at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH).
Locals said Mofiz, Faruque and another unidentified man hired a CNG-run auto rickshaw in guise of passengers. When they reached Kachuai around 10.30pm they threw the driver out and took over the vehicle.
As the driver cried for help, the locals chased the auto-rickshaw and caught the two while their accomplice managed to escape, Abu Naser, sub-inspector of Patiya Police Station told The Daily Star.
Two cases were filed in this connection, he added. However, the injured Faruque denied having any involvement with criminals.
He said he was standing in front of his rickshaw garage at Chandnaish when Mofiz asked him to climb into the three-wheeler saying he was going to visit his sister at the hospital.
-With The Daily Star input
