indiatimes :Debesh Chandra Pramanik, a Hindu businessman from Gobindaganj in Bangladesh was hacked to death by unidentified assailants on Wednesday. Pramanik, a shoe-store owner was found murdered inside his shop with his throat slit. “The assailants slit throat using sharp weapons leaving him dead instantly,” a police officer said.Even though police have arrested one person, whom the victim’s family claim is a drug addict and had tried to extort money from Pramanik, the investigators are yet to ascertain the reason behind the murder. Bangladeshi newspaper Prothom-Alo reported that the Islamic State has claimed responsibility of the incident. This is however yet to be validated by the government or agencies. The government have in the past rejected the claims of ISIS on similar incidents and blamed it on local extremist groups.Pramanik is the latest religious minority community member to be killed in Bangladesh. Earlier another Hindu tailor, a Sufi and a Buddhist monk were hacked to death by suspected extremists.
