bdnews24.com :Islamic State has claimed the responsibility for the murder of a Hindu tailor in Tangail, according to a jihadist threat monitoring portal, SITE Intelligence Group.The Group ran the story of the Islami State’s claim barely a few hours after Nikhil Chandra Joarder, 50, was hacked to death at Tangail’s Gopalpur Upazila on Saturday noon.It said the Islamic State made the claim through Amaq News Agency that the Middle East-based outfit runs.Police said motorcycle-borne youths killedNikhil, son of Nalikanta Joarder of Dubial village, in front of his tailoring shop at Kalibarhi Bazar around 12:30pm. He was killed in a manner similar to that of several bloggers, rights activists and university teachers. Nikhil earlier served three-month in jail in a case over slandering of Prophet Muhammad. Gopalpur Police Station OC Muhammad Abdul Jalil said, “Three youths arrived at the shop of Nikhil. They took him to a nearby road saying they need to talk to him. Then they hacked him indiscriminately and fled after confirming his death.”A bag was found at the murder site. But it could not be known immediately what were inside it.Police could not say who had committed the murder.Several people including, foreign nationals, bloggers, human rights activists and university teachers were hacked to death in the last one year.In most of the cases, al-Qaeda or Islamic State claimed responsibility.The government, however, dismissed the claims by saying local militants were issuing statements online in the name of the two outfits.
