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Ganajagaran Mancha activists threatened

Wednesday, 12 August 2015


Six Ganajagaran Mancha activists in Barisal have been allegedly threatened by Islamist militants on Facebook, three days after suspected extremists hacked blogger Niladri Chatterjee Niloy to death, reports bdnews24.com.
The Facebook account 'Ansar BD', issued the threat on Monday with pictures of six men.
They are poet Henry Swapan, sculptor Charu Tuhin, poet Syed Mehedi Hasan, organiser Nazrul Biswas, poet Tuhin Das and Chhatra Union's Barisal unit General Secretary Pritom Chowdhury.
Saibal Kanti Chowdhury, Barisal's Superintendent of Police, said he heard about the Facebook post but no one lodged any complaint until Tuesday afternoon.
"I've spoken to several of them and advised them to lodge police complaints," he said.
"They've been told to inform police immediately if they suspect anyone or feel they are being followed."
Purported militant group Ansar Al Islam, claiming to be al-Qaeda's 'Bangladesh branch', claimed credit for Niloy's killing last week.
Niloy was hacked to death at his home in Dhaka.