Police officer Aslam Khan revealed
authorities are investigating whether the attack on Nikhil Joarder is connected
to a 2012 complaint that he made comments against the prophet.
The brutal attack in the central district of Tangail comes after a spate of similar attacks in the South Asian
country.
It comes just a week after a university
English professor was hacked to death by a gang of attackers while on his way
to work in northwestern Bangladesh.
Officer Khan said that Joarder, who was
in his early 50s, was attacked today with sharp weapons by two men on
motorcycles as he sat in his tailor shop.
ISIS has reportedly claimed credit for
the brutal attack on Joarder.
The attack was similar to recent
killings of atheist bloggers, academics and most recently a gay rights activist
in Muslim-majority Bangladesh by radical Islamists.
Joarder spent two weeks in prison in
2012 and was released after the complaint against him was withdrawn.
Last week, A.F.M. Rezaul Karim Siddique
was attacked on his way to the state-run university in the city of Rajshahi,
where he taught English.
The attackers used sharp weapons and
fled the scene immediately, according to deputy police commissioner Nahidul
Islam. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the horrific attack.
The attack was similar to recent
killings of atheist bloggers in Muslim-majority Bangladesh by radical
Islamists.
The Islamic State group claimed
responsibility for the attack, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which
monitors jihadi websites. No further details were available.
At least three other professors at
Rajshahi University have been killed in recent years, allegedly by Islamist
groups.
Sajidul Karim Siddique, a brother of
the professor, said he was a 'very quiet and simple man' who was focused on
studying and teaching.
He led a cultural group and used to
edit a literary magazine.
Sajidul said: 'So far as we know, he
did not have any known enemies and we never found him worried. We don't know
why it happened to him.'
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