A mob beat two brothers to death in Chapainawabganj's Bholahat upazila on Wednesday night, suspecting them to be robbers.

The victims were Jahangir Hossain, 25, and Yakub Ali, 22, of Bholahat's Durgapur area.

The incident happened in the Chhoto Jambaria area, said Shahinur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Bholahat Police Station.

The OC said some people fell victim to a robbery while travelling on a rickshaw-van near Kolamugra area around 8:30pm. The suspects reportedly took away money and gold jewellery from the passengers. Hearing their shouts, locals chased the suspects.

The locals caught and beat them up indiscriminately, leaving the two dead on the spot, the OC added.