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NEW DELHI — Two men suspected of belonging to the extremist Islamic group Ansarullah Bangla Team have been arrested in Bangladesh over the murder of a secular blogger this month, the police said on Friday. NEW DELHI — Two men suspected of belonging to the extremist Islamic group Ansarullah Bangla Team have been arrested in Bangladesh in connection with the murder of a secular blogger this month, the police said on Friday.
The suspects, Saad-al-Nahin and Masud Rana, were arrested on Thursday night by the metropolitan police in Dhaka, the capital, over the murder on Aug. 7 of the blogger, Niladri Chaterjee, said Muntashirul Islam, a police spokesman. At the time of the killing, Mr. Nahin was out on bail after being charged with the attempted murder of another blogger, Asif Mohiuddin, who was wounded in that assault. The suspects, Saad al-Nahin and Masud Rana, were arrested on Thursday night by the metropolitan police in Dhaka, the capital, on suspicion of killing the blogger, Niladri Chaterjee, on Aug. 7, said Muntashirul Islam, a police spokesman. At the time of the killing, Mr. Nahin was out on bail after being charged with the attempted murder of another blogger, Asif Mohiuddin, who was wounded in that assault.
Mr. Chaterjee, an activist whose social media posts were critical of Islam, was said to have been ambushed in his home by men who had posed as potential renters and then forced their way inside and slashed his neck and head. His murder was the fourth fatal attack on secular bloggers in Bangladesh this year, the police said.Mr. Chaterjee, an activist whose social media posts were critical of Islam, was said to have been ambushed in his home by men who had posed as potential renters and then forced their way inside and slashed his neck and head. His murder was the fourth fatal attack on secular bloggers in Bangladesh this year, the police said.
Mr. Islam said that members of the Ansarullah Bangla Team were also suspected in the murders of several other secular writers whose deaths have followed a similar pattern, including the Bangladeshi-American blogger Avijit Roy, who was hacked to death in Dhaka in February, and a travel agent, Oyasiqur Rhaman, who was killed in the capital in March. A member of the militant group, along with seven students, was charged in March with the 2013 killing of the writer Ahmed Rajib Haider. Mr. Islam said members of the Ansarullah Bangla Team were also suspected in the murders of several other secular writers whose deaths have followed a similar pattern, including the Bangladeshi-American blogger Avijit Roy, who was hacked to death in Dhaka in February, and a travel agent, Oyasiqur Rhaman, who was killed in the capital in March. A member of the militant group, along with seven students, was charged in March with the 2013 killing of a writer, Ahmed Rajib Haider.
Ansar al-Islam, a group that says it has ties to Al Qaeda’s branch in the Indian subcontinent, claimed responsibility for the attack on Mr. Chaterjee in emails to local news outlets just hours afterward, Mr. Islam said. The police are investigating the group’s possible involvement in the murder and its connection to Ansarullah Bangla Team, he said.Ansar al-Islam, a group that says it has ties to Al Qaeda’s branch in the Indian subcontinent, claimed responsibility for the attack on Mr. Chaterjee in emails to local news outlets just hours afterward, Mr. Islam said. The police are investigating the group’s possible involvement in the murder and its connection to Ansarullah Bangla Team, he said.