Top Hindu priest slaughtered in Bangladesh

[Laozi]

A Hindu head priest inBangladeshwas today hacked to death by gun- and cleaver-wielding suspected Islamists at a temple in an area bordering India, in the latest attack on religious minorities that also injured two devotees.

In a predawn attack, motorbike-borne unidentified assailants, said to over three in number, pelted stones at the house of 50-year-old Jajneswar Roy in the premises of the Santagourhiyo Temple in northern Panchagarh district's Debiganj Upazila.

"They (assailants) first hurled stones at the temple which prompted him (Roy) to come out to see what actually happened. The killers then pounced on him and slit his throat," a devotee in the neighbourhood as saying.

Panchagarh police chief Giasuddin Ahmed, citing local people, said that the head priest was preparing for the morning prayers, when stones were hurled at the temple.

The attack also wounded two Hindu devotees at the temple premises as the assassins were fleeing the scene on a motorbike, firing gunshots and hurling crude bombs to avoid being chased.

The injured includes a neighbour who rushed to the spot to save the priest but was shot at, Ahmed said at the scene.

"The identity of the attackers or the motive behind the murder is not clear. Definitely we will launch an investigation and manhunt to track down the killers," he said.

A blood-stained cleaver was recovered from the spot, authorities said.

The attackers could be members of the banned Islamist militant group Jamaatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh (JMB), Shahriar Kajol, Superintendent of Police of Criminal Investigation Dept said.

Today's attack brings to three the number of assaults on religious leaders over the last five months in Sunni-majority Bangladesh, where systematic attacks have killed nine persons including two foreigners besides wounding nearly 100 others.

Italian aid worker Cesare Tavella was killed by unidentified assailants in Dhaka in September and and five days later Japanese farmer Kunio Hoshi was murdered. Both attacks were claimed by Islamic State-affiliated militants.

Also, moderate Sufi saint Khizir Khan, progressive book publisher Faisal Arefin Dipon, and a Sufi shrine worker were murdered while two Christian pastors, one an Italian doctor, narrowly escaped attacks

Top Hindu priest slaughtered in Bangladesh | Business Standard News

 

[Nilgiri]

So was he just another atheist blogger?

 

[hussain0216]

I heard it was in revenge for the beating of a Muslim cop in india

 

[bongbang]

First tell me how come he become the top Hindu priest

 

[Wine&Steak]

First tell me how come he become the top Hindu priest

No empathy, just sarcasm !!!.

I do not understand a common Muslim man's mentality. He may not be "top", maybe just a "head" priest. But this sarcasm is unwarranted.

Do you know how many of your country men are in India. Last year my sister personally helped a young poor Bangladeshi Muslim family monetarily when they were at Christian medical college, vellore. They did not have money to even buy food, let alone treat brain tumour. We do not look at religion when helping a poor family. You need to improve your manners. Heartless.

 

[bongbang]

No empathy, just sarcasm !!!.

I do not understand a common Muslim man's mentality. He may not be "top", maybe just a "head" priest. But this sarcasm is unwarranted.

Do you know how many of your country men are in India. Last year my sister personally helped a young poor Bangladeshi Muslim family monetarily when they were at Christian medical college, vellore. They did not have money to even buy food, let alone treat brain tumour. We do not look at religion when helping a poor family. You need to improve your manners. Heartless.

These sarcasms come naturally seeing nonsense headlines highlighting in a manner to portray anything to religions. And that too by top Indian news provider, that country is known for communal violence. Just imagine the negative backlash of these news circulating around the world and India. I didnt use that comment if news was presented in a natural manner calling a spade is spade. I value his life including others which everyday occurs.

 

[Laozi]

First tell me how come he become the top Hindu priest

Panchagarh Hindu priest slaughtered | Dhaka Tribune
Leading Hindu priest decapitated in Bangladesh - The Economic Times
Hindu priest killed in Bangladesh | Reuters - Firstpost

Media hardly reports when common Hindus are killed by others

 

[Wine&Steak]

Google "Bangladeshi medical treatment India".

More and more of your countrymen are coming to south India for medical treatment. If everyone is biased as you allude, how come there is a medical visa facility for your countrymen ?

 

[bongbang]

Leading Hindu priest decapitated in Bangladesh - The Economic Times

Another Indian source. Biased to portray him as leading cleric. Check other 2 source international and local both are neutral

 

[Laozi]

Another Indian source. Biased to portray him as leading cleric. Check other 2 source international and local both are neutral

media is generally biased

Check the neutrality or bias of international and local media by googling ' Muslim lynched by Hindu '
'
This will give you an insight into the value of a Hindu Life and Muslim life in the eyes of media

 

[bongbang]

media is generally biased

Check the neutrality or bias of international and local media by googling ' Muslim lynched by Hindu '
'
This will give you an insight into the value of a Hindu Life and Muslim life in the eyes of media

I see you are biased also. Why did you use flag of BD on mocking purpose to portray that BD nation is responsible for this or another day in Islamic republic of BD. Whereas the reason is unknown, enmity or target killing. If target killing do you think they believe in BD nationalism or Islamic law?

Google "Bangladeshi medical treatment India".

More and more of your countrymen are coming to south India for medical treatment. If everyone is biased as you allude, how come there is a medical visa facility for your countrymen ?

My grudge was for the headline and news providers of Indian medias whom are swarming, exaggerating this news on attack on Hindu priest. I saw many Hindi media talks how they portray BD and aware that all arent same. But these kinds of advertisements deteriorates the relation further.

 

[scholseys]

The rise of IS in Bangladesh...

 

[Nilgiri]

Bangladesh arrests suspects in Hindu priest murder - The Economic Times

NEW DELHI: The Bangladesh government has acted fast in the case involving the murder of a Hindu priest and arrested members of the banned Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh and Jamaat-e-Islami groups. It has ruled out the role of the ISIS in the recent killings of members of the minority community, the claims of the United States-based terrorism monitoring SITE Intelligence Group notwithstanding.

Senior Bangladesh government officials told ET that the Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh an ..

Read more at:
Bangladesh arrests suspects in Hindu priest murder - The Economic Times

 

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http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2016...t-lauds-bangladeshs-counter-terrorism-efforts
US condemns attack on Hindu priest, lauds Bangladesh’s counter-terrorism efforts

I heard it was in revenge for the beating of a Muslim cop in india

He was an Indian Muslim, not a Bangladeshi Muslim. Whatever you heard is irrelevant.