<p class="byline rtejustify">Two salesmen were killed and two others seriously injured, when some students opened fire at them allegedly for refusing to give discounts on their purchases at a shopping mall in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi town on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">According to police sources, three students of Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith University, had an altercation with the salesmen at a garment showroom in the mall in the cantonment area, over discounts.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The students, who carried pistols, opened fire at the salesmen, killing two of them on the spot, police said, adding that two others, who tried to intervene, were also hit by bullets and seriously injured.</p>.<p class="CrossHead rtejustify"><strong>Near stampede</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The perpetrators managed to make good their escape brandishing pistols, sources said. There was a near stampede in the mall after the incident as people tried to rush to the exits to safety.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The injured were rushed to a hospital, where their condition was stated to be critical.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Police officials in Varanasi, the Lok Sabha constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said that they were trying to identify the culprits with the help of the CCTV footage. ''We have identified one of the students,'' said a senior police official.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">A massive hunt has been launched to nab the culprits, police said.</p>
<p class="byline rtejustify">Two salesmen were killed and two others seriously injured, when some students opened fire at them allegedly for refusing to give discounts on their purchases at a shopping mall in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi town on Wednesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">According to police sources, three students of Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith University, had an altercation with the salesmen at a garment showroom in the mall in the cantonment area, over discounts.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The students, who carried pistols, opened fire at the salesmen, killing two of them on the spot, police said, adding that two others, who tried to intervene, were also hit by bullets and seriously injured.</p>.<p class="CrossHead rtejustify"><strong>Near stampede</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The perpetrators managed to make good their escape brandishing pistols, sources said. There was a near stampede in the mall after the incident as people tried to rush to the exits to safety.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The injured were rushed to a hospital, where their condition was stated to be critical.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Police officials in Varanasi, the Lok Sabha constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said that they were trying to identify the culprits with the help of the CCTV footage. ''We have identified one of the students,'' said a senior police official.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">A massive hunt has been launched to nab the culprits, police said.</p>