<div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Authorities at Dhaka University on Thursday formed a seven-member committee to investigate the death of a man in mob lynching inside the university's Fazlul Haque Muslim Hall.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The victim, Tofazzal, was beaten to death allegedly by a group of students of the hall suspecting him as a thief, hospital and university sources said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We are shocked at the death of the man," said Dhaka University Proctor Mohammad Saifuddin Ahmed. He said that a seven-member committee has been formed to investigate the incident and submit its report by this evening.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to witnesses, the man sneaked into the hall on Wednesday evening. Some students then caught and interrogated him about the theft of six mobile phones and wallets from the hall the previous day.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Under intense questioning, the man agreed to tell them about the real thieves provided they give him something to eat.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The students fed him, but the man failed to give the promised names.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then the angry students then beat the man for two hours starting from 10 pm, according to the witnesses.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">When the proctorial team got informed about the matter, it went to the spot and took the severely injured Tofazzal to hospital for treatment. The doctors declared him dead.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Tofazzal, according to some in Dhaka University campus, was a mentally unstable person.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The deceased Tofazzal hailed from Kathaltoli union of Pathorghata upazila of Barguna district and he lost his parents long ago.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The proctor said they are preparing to file a police case.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said the probe committee is headed by residential teacher of Fazlul Haque Muslim hall Dr. Alomgir Kabir.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Six other members of the probe committee are Dr. Mohammad Shafiul Alam Khan, Prof. Johir Raihan, Mohammad Mahabub Alam, Dr. Asib Ahmed, and Dr. Touhidul Islam and AKM Nure Alam Siddique.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>