Two people, including a ward councillor of Cumilla City Corporation, were shot dead and seven others injured as gunmen opened fire on them at Pathuariapara in Cumilla city on Monday.
The deceased are Syed Mohammad Sohel, councillor of Ward number 17 of the city corporation, and Haripada Shaha, 60, both residents of Cumilla city.
A senior police official said that a group of armed miscreants swooped on the business establishments of Sohel and opened fire on him at about 4:00pm, leaving nine people injured.
The injured were rushed to Cumilla Medical College Hospital where doctors declared Sohel and Haripada dead.
Of the injured, the conditions of Awlad Hossain Rizu, 23, Jewell, 40, and Russel, 28, were stated to be critical.
Mohammad Hanif, nephew of the councilor, said the gunmen carried out the attack over establishing supremacy in the area.
