The Times of India reported today from Dhaka and quoted inspector general of police AKM Shahidul Hoque warned,“Do not cross the limit.Do not hurt anyone's religious belief ".
Bangladesh police have asked secular bloggers not to “cross the limit“ while writing on religious issues, even as authorities failed to make any headway in the brutal murder of a fourth blogger who hacked to death by suspected al-Qaida-linked Islamists. The “freethinkers“ should keep in mind that hurting someone's religious sentiment is a criminal offence, Bangladesh News quoted Hoque as saying.
On the killing of blogger Niloy Chakrabarty Neel, Hoque said cops were investigating it “with top priority“. Neel was hacked to death by four assailants in the capital's Goran area on Friday . He is the fourth blogger to have been killed this year.Apart from Neel, other bloggers killed this year are Avijit Roy, Washiqur Rahman and Ananta Bijoy Das.
Hours after the gruesome attack, Ansar-Al-Islam, the Bangladesh chapter of al-Qaida in the Indian subcontinent, had claimed responsibility for killing 40-year-old Neel, terming him an enemy of Allah but police said involvement of the banned outfit cannot be confirmed yet.
Meanwhile, a FBI team met detectives in Dhaka on Sunday . The FBI team wanted to share their technical exper tise with local detectives in the investigation, deputy commissioner (detective branch) Mahbub Alam of Dhaka police said. They talked about the progress of investigation into the murder of secular writer Avijit Roy , he added.
Police had primarily ascertained that the email claiming responsibility for Niloy's murder was sent from inside Bangladesh, Mahbub said. Replying to a query , Mahbub said the bloodstained T-shirt found at the crime scene was left behind by the killers. “It is a vital piece of evidence.“
Industries minister Amir Hossain Amu on Sunday said the blogger killings had political motive behind them.“We strongly believe that these are planned murders.Those who wanted to destabilise the country with violence are behind these killings,“ Amu said.
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