Dhaka, June 13 -- Two women and a teenage boy are among five people found dead in Barguna within 24 hours.

The district's police chief (SP) Md Kudrat-E-Khuda said on Saturday the bodies were recovered from Sadar, Patharghata, and Bamna Upazilas.

Three of the victims were found hanging, one died following a mob beating, while the blood-stained body of an auto-rickshaw driver was recovered near a road, he said.

"All deaths are being investigated. Apart from police, other agencies are also working. We are investigating all aspects of the deaths that initially appear to be suicides," said the officer.

In Sadar, Ibrahim Hossain Kalu was lynched on Friday after a local union council member came under attack.

A group of people chased Kalu a...