Pabna, June 10 (UNB) – An attendant of Sree Sree Thakur Anukulchandra Ashram (asylum) was hacked to death by unidentified miscreants in Hemayetpur upazila early Friday in the same style the three other people were killed in different parts of the country this week. The latest gruesome murder took place amid an anti-militant crackdown on secret killers across the country. Abdullah Al Hasan, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said Nittyaranjan Pandey, 62, son of late Rashik Lal Pandey of Gopalganj, set out for a morning walk in the area around 5 am. When he came close to Pabna Mental Hospital, a group of miscreants stabbed him in the head and neck, leaving him dead on the spot. On information, police rushed in and recovered the body. Nittyaranjan had been serving at the asylum for the last 40 years. Alamgir Kabir, superintendent of Pabna Police, visited the spot. Earlier on Sunday, Mahmuda Khanam, wife of a police officer and Sunil Gomez, a Christian grocer, were killed by unknown assailants in Chittagong and Natore respectively. Besides, Anando Gopal Ganguly, an elderly Hindu priest, was killed in the same way in Jhenidah on Tuesday.
