Police identified the victim as Dipu Chandra Das, who worked at a local garment factory and lived in the area as a tenant.
“A group of agitated people caught him and beat him up around 9 pm on Thursday for insulting the Prophet.
Then they set his body on fire,” Ripon Mia, duty officer of Bhaluka police station, told BBC Bangla.
He said the attackers tied the body to a tree before setting it ablaze.Police reached the spot after receiving information and brought the situation under control.
The body was recovered and sent to the morgue of Mymensingh Medical College Hospital for autopsy.
"We wholeheartedly condemn lynching of a Hindu man in Mymensingh.
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