Shia man stabbed dead in Jhenidah
�IS claims responsibility�
Staff Reporter
A man of the Shiite Muslim community was hacked to death by unidentified miscreants in Nimtala area of Kaliganj upazila in Jhenidah on Monday night. The man was identified as Abdur Razzaque, 42, son of late Hashem Ali Khan of Krishi Office Para. The victim was a Shia preacher and a homoepath doctor by profession, said police. Razzaque owned a homeopathic medicine shop named Imam Khomeni Homeo Hall at Nimtala bus stand in Kaliganj. He was also a Quran Hafez, said family. US-based SITE intelligence group reported that the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the killing. A tweeter message from the SITE group read #ISIS claims stabbing Shiite preacher Hadith AbdulRazzaq in #Bangladesh. To Shiites:our knives r solid sharp. Quoting locals, officer-in-charge of Kaliganj Police Station Anwar Hossain said the miscreants stabbed Razzaque while he was returning home from Kaliganj around 10:30pm, leaving him dead on the spot. Later, pedestrians spotted the body of Razzaque and informed the police. Victims wife Shahnaz Parvin alleged that neighbor Altu Mia, a drug dealer, demanded Tk two lack twenty thousand from her husband over mobile phone 2-3 months ago and also made various threats Police said miscreants may have killed Razzak over previous enmity. A case was filed with Kaliganj police over the murder.
