, Aug. 10 -- year-old man and his son-in-law were beaten to death over charges of stealing a van in Burihat Bottala in Taraganj upazila of Rangpur district on Saturday night.

The deceased were identified as Ruplal Das of Ghanirampur and his son-in-law Pradeep Das, 35.

Quoting family members, MA Faruk, officer-in-charge of Taraganj Police Station, said Ruplal along with Pradeep, husband of Ruplal's niece, went to Ghanirampur village to see a prospective groom for his daughter on Saturday night by a van.

When they reached Bottala on Taraganj-Kazirhat road, local people confronted them as suspected van lifters.

In a bizarre coincidence two local van pullers named Alamgir Hossain of Pasharipara village and Mehedi Hasan of Burirhat fell si...