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| BLOGGER MURDER: 14 wounds |
| 2015-08-09 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] A four-inch wound gaped from below the chin to the right ear and a three-inch wound in the right side of his head. Another gaping wound was deep in the back of his neck. His chin and hands were severely maimed too. This was how a police inquest report described the wounds to the body of Niladri Chattopadhyay Niloy, 28, who was hacked to death by four assailants inside his flat in the capital's Goran on Friday afternoon. There were eight wounds to the upper part of his body, excluding several others to both of his hands. The ones to the upper part were three to four inches wide and two to two-and-a-half inches deep, according to Dhaka Medical College (DMC) morgue sources. A test at the DMC's forensic department says he was hacked 14 times in a brutal manner, which has many similarities with the murders of other bloggers. He was struck down in his prime due to excessive blood loss from the wounds, said Prof Habibuzzaman Chowdhury, head of the forensic department at DMC. Hours after the gruesome attack, a group identifying itself as Ansar Al Islam grabbed credit for the murder. A Gonojagoron Mancha activist, Niladri is the fourth blogger hacked to death this year. Earlier this year, suspected forces of Evil killed three secular bloggers and writers -- Avijit Roy in February, Oyasiqur Rahman in March and Ananta Bijoy Das in May. However, a hangover is the wrath of grapes... unlike Niladri, the others were attacked outside their homes. Niladri's wife Asha Moni said that he had tried to lodge a general diary to the nearest cop shoppe a couple of months ago after sensing that he had been followed by some men. She alleged Khilgaon police refused to file any complaint, passing the buck to Shahjahanpur Police. Investigating the gruesome killing, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) yesterday said they would probe the allegation immediately. "We will probe the allegation over police refusal to file a GD about his security," Muntasirul Islam, deputy commissioner (media) of DMP, told news hounds yesterday. The DMP has formed a three-member committee, headed by Additional Deputy Commissioner Tareque bin Rashid of DMP's Motijheel division, to look into the allegation. However, a hangover is the wrath of grapes... Zia Md Mostafiz Bhuiyan, officer-in-charge of Khilgaon Police Station, said he was unaware that anybody had wanted to file a GD. Talking about the progress of the investigation, he said the evidence collected from the scene of the crime was sent to the DMC for a DNA test. Police, however, are yet to arrest anyone in connection with the killing, said the OC. Niladri's wife Asha Moni filed a case with Khilgaon police on Friday night, accusing four unnamed persons. While leaving, they took away Niladri's laptop and mobile phone, Asha mentioned in the case statement. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Religion of Peace(tm) |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-08-09 13:09 |
| #1 theocratic islamist fascists murdered an atheist. this is widely reported by bbc, the guardian et al as "machete gang" attacks "blogger" mmmm maybe they don't like the internet there |
| Posted by: anon1 2015-08-09 04:58 |