--- title: Bangladesh Attacks: Three Arrested for Hindu Man's Murder description: He is the latest victim of ISIS-inspired attacks, following the killings of a gay-rights activist, a professor and a law student canonical: https://time.com/4313768/bangladesh-murder-tailor-hindu-nikhil-joarder-isis/ author: Rishi Iyengar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-02T04:16:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:10:45.232Z article:section: World og:title: Islamic Extremist Attacks in Bangladesh Claim Latest Victim og:description: Three Islamic militants have been arrested for allegedly murdering a Hindu man og:url: https://time.com/4313768/bangladesh-murder-tailor-hindu-nikhil-joarder-isis/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0d712d97b661235/698891588e06013a9d465abc/gettyimages-519803370.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: BANGLADESH-UNREST-ISLAM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Islamic Extremist Attacks in Bangladesh Claim Latest Victim twitter:description: Three Islamic militants have been arrested for allegedly murdering a Hindu man twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0d712d97b661235/698891588e06013a9d465abc/gettyimages-519803370.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # A Hindu Man Is the Latest Victim of Bangladesh's Wave of ISIS-Inspired Killings by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar May 2, 2016 4:16 AM CUT  Bangladeshi secular activists and university students take part in a protest in Dhaka on April 8, 2016, following the murder a 26-year-old law student. Bangladeshi secular activists and university students take part in a protest in Dhaka on April 8, 2016, following the murder a 26-year-old law student.MUNIR UZ ZAMAN—AFP/Getty Images by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar May 2, 2016 4:16 AM CUT Three men in Bangladesh have been [arrested](http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/may/01/jamaat-leader-journo-among-3-held-hindu-tailor-murder "undefined") for allegedly hacking a Hindu man to death over the weekend, the latest in a series of murders by fundamentalists claiming to represent militant groups like the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS). The three suspects in the murder of Nikhil Joarder include a leader from local Islamist group Jamaat-e-Islami and a member of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the Dhaka _Tribune_ reports. ISIS had earlier claimed responsibility for the attack. The Bangladeshi government, however, continues to insist that the international terror group has no presence in the country. **Read more:** [_Here’s What You Need to Know About Growing Extremist Violence in Bangladesh_](http://time.com/4312152/heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-growing-extremist-violence-in-bangladesh/?iid=sr-link2 "undefined") Joarder, a 50-year-old tailor, was hacked to death by three assailants on a motorcycle in a suburb of the country’s capital Dhaka on Saturday afternoon and died on the spot. He is the fifth victim this month of purported Islamic fundamentalist attacks, following the killings of a [gay-rights activist](http://time.com/4306502/lgbt-editor-murder-bangladesh/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined"), a [university professor](http://time.com/4305748/university-professor-hacked-to-death-in-bangladesh/ "undefined") and a [law student](http://time.com/4284768/bangladesh-atheist-islamist-attack-nazimuddin-samad/ "undefined") within the past three weeks. At least one of those attacks was [claimed](http://time.com/4307595/al-qaeda-bangladesh-gay-activist/ "undefined") by Ansar al-Islam, a local offshoot of international militant group al-Qaeda. **Read next:** [_Fatal Speech_](http://time.com/4075121/fatal-speech/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") Bangladesh has seen a sharp rise in sectarian attacks by Muslim extremists over the past year, with at least a dozen people, including several atheist bloggers, an [Italian priest](http://time.com/4086729/bangladesh-terror-arrests-cesare-tavella/ "undefined") and a Japanese aid worker, being attacked and killed. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4313768/bangladesh-murder-tailor-hindu-nikhil-joarder-isis/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4313768/bangladesh-murder-tailor-hindu-nikhil-joarder-isis/"},"headline":"A Hindu Man Is the Latest Victim of Bangladesh's Wave of ISIS-Inspired Killings","datePublished":"2016-05-02T04:16:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:10:45.232Z","description":"He is the fifth victim in a month of what are believed to be Islamic extremist attacks","url":"https://time.com/4313768/bangladesh-murder-tailor-hindu-nikhil-joarder-isis/","keywords":["Bangladesh","Murder","al-Qaeda","arrested","ISIS","dhaka","extremists","attacks","Hindu"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0d712d97b661235/698891588e06013a9d465abc/gettyimages-519803370.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0d712d97b661235/698891588e06013a9d465abc/gettyimages-519803370.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"BANGLADESH-UNREST-ISLAM","caption":"BANGLADESH-UNREST-ISLAM","creditText":"MUNIR UZ ZAMAN—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/bangladesh/","name":"Bangladesh"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4313768/bangladesh-murder-tailor-hindu-nikhil-joarder-isis/","name":"A Hindu Man Is the Latest Victim of Bangladesh's Wave of ISIS-Inspired Killings"}}]}] ```