The gunmen attacked joint secretary of Kotwali BNP unit Haji Muhammad Tajul Islam, 37, soon after he exited Shahzadi Begum Jame Mosque at Nayabazar around 8:30pm.

Tajul, a paper businessman, received two bullets, including one in the chest, from close range, witnesses said. They claimed the miscreants were waiting for him outside the mosque.

Locals chased them but they managed to flee the area creating panic among the locals by firing shots in the air.

Locals admitted Tajul to a local hospital but he was later moved to Dhaka Medical College Hospital as his condition deteriorated.