Five people including a teenage girl were shot and wounded in three incidents in the capital last night.

Three persons fronted bullets while walking down the road when two groups of hoodlums traded fire 10:00pm at Judger Goli in Hatirpool, police said.

Tire injured are Shaida Akhter, 14, a garment worker, Shamsur Rahman, 36, whose profession could not be known immediately, and Saifur Rahman 42, a garment trader. Condition of Shahida was stated to be critical.

At Pallabi, unidentified criminals shot Jamal Uddin, 40, in front of Harun Mollah Market in the evening.

Another businessman, Mizan, 35, was shot in the leg allegedly by operatives of 'Thandu Group’ in front of the National Sports Council office at MotijheeL Angry locals caught two of the alleged goons, Akhash and Sagar, and turned them over to police. No further details of the incidents were immediately available.

All tire victims were admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.