Unidentified assailants hacked a Hindu man, identified as
Nikhil Joardar (50), to death at his tailoring shop in Dubail area under
Gopalpur upazila in Tangail District on April 30, The Daily Star.
The motive is
not yet clear, but the machete attack resembles the recent spate of targeted
attacks that saw secular bloggers, writers and people of different faiths and
ideologies killed over the last few years.
Hours after the incident, global
terror outfit Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for the killing, United
States (US)-based SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors terrorist activities
globally, said in a post. However, the authenticity of the claim could not be
independently verified.
According to Police and local sources, two to three
assailants, who came on a bike, took part in the killing around 12:30pm. They
swooped on Nikhil, father of two daughters, and hacked him indiscriminately,
leaving him dead on the spot, said Aslam Khan, Additional Superintendent of
Police (ASP) (Gopalpur circle) in Tangail.
In 2012, Nikhil was in jail for
several weeks on charges of making derogatory comments about Prophet Muhammad
(PBUH), said Abdul Jalil, officer-in-charge of Gopalpur Police Station. This
could be a possible motive behind his murder, Police sources said.
However, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal stoutly
denied, like in the past, presence of IS in Bangladesh. “There is no presence
of IS in this country. The claim has no basis. A vested quarter in the name of
IS has been trying to destabilize the country,” he said.
The Home Minister said
the claim was part of a local and international conspiracy. “Only the
foreigners are talking about IS because they want to infiltrate the terror
group into Bangladesh,” he said. “Such killings are committed by home-grown
militant outfits”, he added.
Courtesy: SATP
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