Two men accused of killing Cumilla ward Councillor Syed Mohammad Sohel were killed in a reported gunfight with police on Monday night.
The deceased were identified as Md Sabbir Hossain and Sajon.
Three police personnel also received bullet wounds in the exchange of fire, said Kotwali police station Officer-in-Charge Anwarul Azim.
Acting on a tip-off, a police team rushed to the Songraish area of the city on Monday night. Seeing the cops, the accused opened fire, forcing the law enforcers to retaliate.
After the gunfight, police rushed the two seriously injured men to Cumilla Medical College and Hospital, where they were declared dead on arrival, said Azim.
The bodies were sent for autopsy.
Two guns and ammunition were seized from the spot, the OC added.
On November 22, Cumilla City Corporation Ward-17 Councillor Sohel and one of his aides were killed while four others sustained injuries when gunmen opened fire in his office in Pathuariapara.
Based on his younger brother Syed Rumon's complaint, as many as 21 people, some 10 of them unidentified, were booked by the Kotwali police.
So far, a total of five people were arrested in connection with the double murder.
