2 gunned down in Kushtia

Two including a local female pimp of a brothel were gunned down in Daulatdia ferry ghat area of Goalanda upazila, Rajbari in the evening.

The deceased were identified as Salmi Begum, 45 and Chad Mia, 40.

Salmi had been running several ‘houses’ at Daulatdia brothel for around last 15 years and Chad Mia of Kumarkandi area of the upazila town was a furniture trader in Goalondo bus stand area.

Tofail Ahmed, additional police super of Rajbari told our Kushtia correspondent that three criminals riding on a motorbike shot the duo at an alley around 7.00pm.

They were shot dead on the spot after the criminals sprayed bullets on them from behind, the ASP said.

Abul Bashar, officer-in-charge of Goalanda Police Station told that Salmi had rivalry with a local gang group over establishment supremacy at the brothel.