Dhaka, March 25 -- A content creator, who was named in several cases over drug and theft charges, has been beaten to death after allegedly being picked up from his home in Kasba Upazila of Brahmanbaria.

The incident took place on Tuesday afternoon in Shimrail village of Mehari union of the Upazila, said Kasba Police chief (OC) Nazneen Sultana.

The deceased was identified as Md Din Islam (30), son of Shafiqul Islam of the village.

He used to run a Facebook page called "Talaash Crime Drishti".

Relatives said footage of alleged drug trafficking was being circulated from that page for several days.

A group of people picked up Din Islam in the morning, police said, adding that he was beaten up and then dumped on the bank of a river in Cum...