Sunamganj: A man was shot to death and five people suffered bullet wounds in an attack by his rivals over the possession of a water body at Kulunja village in Dirai upazila of Sunamganj on Tuesday.

Dirai Police Officer-in-charge Abdul Jalil said Dhananjoy Das, a fish trader of Kulunjo area, had long been at loggerheads with another trader, Ikram Ali, as Dhananjoy took on lease the water body nearby by the Jalia River from the government and set up a fish enclosure there.   

The attack took place at about 1:00pm when Ikram along with his followers attacked the fish enclosure in a bid to grab it.

The attackers fired shots at Dhananjoy’s followers as they tried to resist them, leaving one of them dead on the spot and five others injured. The deceased is yet to be identified.

The injured were taken to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital.