A gang of assailants gunned down Nazma Akhter Kakoli, 35, at Kafrul in the early morning.

Her family members said accomplices of Shamim, a local hoodlum, killed Kakoli as she refused to pay them tolls.

But police said Kakoli was known as a 'drug queen' and a feud over drug peddling might lead to the killing.

Witnesses said two youths, Hridoy and Azad, shot Kakoli in her chest at point-blank range at about 7:00am when she just came out of her house at Natun Bazar at Section-13 in Kafrul to take her daughter to her school.

"As soon as Kakoli collapsed on the road, I came out of the house and found her lying in a pool of blood," said her brother Liton.

She was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where the doctors declared her dead.

Her father Nurul Islam said the armed cadres of 'Shamim group' have been demanding tolls from his daughter after she bought a house at Muktijoddha Palli in Kafrul a year ago but her refusal to pay toll made them angry.

On the other hand, the duty officer of Kafrul Police Station said Kakoli was a drug trafficker and arrested with heroin a few months ago.

Other sources said one Manik, who was once a partner of Kakoli in the drug trade might have a hand in the killing as relations between them have deteriorated recently.

In the other incident at New Market, the tea stall worker died after he received a blow from a staff of a shop at about 11:30am over trifling matters.

The dead was identified as Sheikh Alam, 18.

Sujan, an employee of Leather Mahal, was locked into an altercation with Alam and punched him, saying that he did not add enough sugar to his cup of tea.

Receiving the blow, Alam lost his unconscious. He was rushed to the DMCH but the doctors declared him dead.

Police said Sujan went into hiding after the incident.