Muggers gunned down a sales representative and injured his colleague while snatching their wallets at Juginagar in city's Sutrapur area yesterday.

The deceased was identified as Mohammad Ali Hossain, 24, while his injured colleague was Zakiul Islam, 30. They were the sales representatives of BCC Road branch Banglalink inWari.

Sales representative Salahuddin, who was with the victims during the incident, told The Daily Star that a gang of four swooped on them as he along with the two colleagues came out of a cellphone outlet at Juginagar after collecting money from it around 4:00pm.

The muggers tried to snatch Ali and Zakiul' s wallets. As they resisted, the assailants fired shots leaving the two wounded, he said.

Salahuddin added, hearing the gunshots locals thronged the spot and started chasing the muggers. They caught snatcher Zainul and recovered a wallet containing Tk 7,872 and recharge cards and three handmade bombs from his possession. Salahuddin could not ascertain immediately whose wallet it was.

Locals took the injured to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared Ali dead.

OC Abdul Halim of Sutrapur Police Station said on information police reached the place where locals handed over Zainul with the handmade bombs and the wallet. He declined to say any further for the sake of investigation.