October 15, 2026 07:18 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Meerut blue drum murder case: Muskaan, her lover get death sentence | 'Rise up, young patriots!': American singer Mary Millben alleges CJP gets US funding, urges peaceful protests | 'Won't go unchallenged': Muhammad Yunus heckling in New York triggers legal action warning | flydubai cockpit attack probe widens: Two Maldivian pilots detained in UAE over links to Omani co-pilot | Netflix scores big FIFA deal: All 104 World Cup 2030 matches to stream live in Spain, Andorra | Jantar Mantar crackdown: CJP's Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka sent to jail for 5 days | Punjab activist confronts chemist over alleged drug sales, shot dead during Facebook Live | ‘Rahul Gandhi pushed me during protest march’: Pregnant journalist’s allegation sparks BJP-Congress faceoff | ‘You cannot denotify resistance': CJP leaders Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das jump Jantar Mantar gate to protest, detained | Delhi Police de-notifies Jantar Mantar as protest site amid CJP stir over Gyanesh Kumar

Bangladesh: Hindu priest killed, IS claims responsibility

| | Feb 22, 2016, at 03:43 pm
Dhaka, Feb 22 (IBNS): Militant group Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the killing of a Hindu priest in Bangladesh's Panchagarh district, a US-based intelligence group said.

Hindu priest Jogeshwar Roy was killed by a group of attackers in Sri Sri Shantu Santo Gaurio monastery.

SITE Intelligence Group website said: "The Islamic State (IS) claimed the murder of Hindu priest Jogeshwar Roy, the principal of the Sri Sri Shantu Santo Gaurio monastery, in northern Bangladesh."

Police have started investigating into the matter.

Panchagarh Superintendent of Police Gias Uddin Ahmed was quoted as saying bdnews24.com: “We are investigating who is behind the incident and what their motive is.”

The attackers reportedly arrived at the spot on a bike before entering the  monastery and killing the priest.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.