A union council member in Jhenaidah died, following at attack by a gang of snatchers on Tuesday night.
His two companions were also injured in the attack.
The local people caught a man they said was one of the muggers.
The Jhenaidah Sadar police said, the mugging occurred on Jhenaidah-Magura Highway about 11:00pm while Abdur Rashid, a member of Surat union council at Jhenaidah Sadar upazila, was heading towards Magura district on a motorbike along with his associates Mukta and Emdadul.
Several men, claiming themselves as Detective Branch personnel, stopped them near Aruakandi, hacked them with sharp weapons and mugged the motorbike and their other belongings.
Hearing their screams, the local people came to their rescue and took them to Jhenaidah Sadar Hospital, where Abdur Rashid died about 2:00am.
The deceased was son of Shamsher Ali of village Dakkhin Kastosagra at Jhenaidah Sadar upazila.
The local people nabbed Abdul Latif of village Makdi in Madaripur and handed him over to the police.
Jhenaidah Sadar police sub inspector Mujahidul Islam said, Abdul Latif confessed to the mugging and hacking of Abdur Rashid and his companions.
Filing of a case was underway till Wednesday afternoon and the body was sent to the Jhenaidah Sadar Hospital morgue for post mortem, he added.
Source : New Age
