Superintendent of Police of Burdwan S M H Mirza told PTI that some suspected dacoits had assembed in the Godda area around midnight to commit dacoity. The local people caught hold of three of them while the others fled.
They thrashed the three suspected dacoits severely till they were rescued by police in a serious condition and rushed to hospital, the SP said adding that the three suspected dacoits succumbed to injuries in the hospital early this morning.
The three have been identified as Karthik Karmakar (40), Nimai Swarnakar (30) and Dharmendra Singh (30), Mirza said.