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<\/a><\/p>\nPolice have formed a five-member team to look into Pandey\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n
SP Alamgir Kabir said the team, headed by Additional SP Liton Kumar Das, had been asked to submit their findings at the earliest.<\/p>\n
Pandey had been working at the ashram as a volunteer for the past 40 years. He was attacked during his regular morning walk.<\/p>\n
Police said the assailants hacked on his neck and head from behind. The nature of hacking indicated that the assailants were trying to decapitate Pandey.<\/p>\n
Pandey\u2019s murder in Pabna took place nearly at the same time when police launched a seven-day crackdown on militants throughout Bangladesh Friday morning in the backdrop of the recent spate of killings.<\/p>\n
The ashram\u2019s General Secretary Jugol Kishore Ghosh said Pandey hailed from Gopalganj. \u201cHe has been serving here for the last 40 years. He went for a morning walk every day as he had diabetes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Police and RAB officials cordoned off the crime scene after arriving there. But they could not say anything else regarding the assailants and their motives.<\/p>\n
Local NGO worker Naresh Madhu said: \u201cHe (Pandey) lived here for a long time. He became one of us. He was a simple man who had no enemies.\u201d<\/p>\n
He suspected that militants were behind Pandey\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n
But ASP Selim Khan was not ready to say it was a militant attack at the moment. \u201cWe\u2019ll look into all possible aspects. We can\u2019t say for sure right now that it was a militant attack.\u201d<\/p>\n
A number of murders carried out in similar fashion across the country in the past two years have sparked public outrage.<\/p>\n
The victims of these attacks include secular writers and bloggers, online activists, publishers, foreigners, members of various religious minorities and rights activists.<\/p>\n
Police have blamed Islamists for these killings, most of which took place in the northwest region of the country.<\/p>\n
Middle East-based militant groups Islamic State and al Qaeda had reportedly claimed credit for many of these killings. But the government has rejected their claim every time and said home-grown terrorists and militants were responsible.<\/p>\n
Source: http:\/\/m.bdnews24.com\/en\/detail\/home\/1165711<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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