Hindu Lecturer From Bangladesh Survives Assassination Attempt

Ripon Chakrabarty, a Mathematics lecturer at the Nazimuddin Government University was attacked by three assailants.

Bangladeshi social activists hold portraits of those hacked to death in the last few year in Bangladesh. (Photo: AP)

• A Hindu lecturer in Bangladesh survived an assassination attempt on Wednesday, when suspected Islamists barged into his home and attacked him with lethal weapons, critically injuring him.
  
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• Ripon Chakrabarty, a 50-year-old Mathematics lecturer at the Nazimuddin Government University College, who was hacked by three assailants in his head, neck and shoulders, raised an alarm, prompting local residents to grab one of the attackers while others fled.
  
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• “The detained attacker is now being questioned in our custody. We suspect he could be a member of a militant group,” Madaripur police superintendent, Sarwar Hossain said.
  

(With inputs from PTI.)

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