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Hindu priest killed by suspected militants in Bangladesh

Xinhua, June 7, 2016 Adjust font size:

A Hindu priest was killed in a suspected militant attack in Bangladesh Jhenidah district, some 178 km west of capital Dhaka, on Tuesday, police said.

Gopinath Kanjilal, the district's assistant superintendent of police, told journalists that three assailants riding a motorcycle committed the murder.

"The assailants armed with sharp weapons slit throat of Ananda Kumar Ganguly, 66, on Tuesday morning while he was going to the temple for offering puja (worship)," he said.

He said doctors declared him dead while he was rushed to a local hospital.

The motive behind the killing has not been known.

Unidentified attackers earlier on April 30 also hacked a minority Hindu person to death in Bangladesh's central Tangail district, some 97 km away from capital Dhaka.

In the wake of militant attacks, the Bangladeshi government has banned motorcyclists from carrying more than one passenger until further notice.

A day after spouse of a top Bangladeshi police officer was shot dead by suspected militants in the country's seaport city Chittagong, some 242 km southeast of capital Dhaka, Bangladesh's Ministry of Home Affairs Monday imposed the ban.

Bangladesh has been facing a surge in violent attacks in recent years in which many have been targeted. A number of secularist writers, bloggers and publishers in Bangladesh have been killed or seriously injured in attacks perpetrated by extremists since 2013.

In most of the cases, it was noticed that the attacks in a similar fashion were carried out by motorcycle-borne assailants. Endit