A group of men are believed to have targeted Sunil Gomes, 65, because of his religion.
Yet cops say the motive for the vicious murder still remains unclear.
The brutal stabbing took place in Bonpara, Bangladesh.
Deputy Police Chief of Natore district Shafiqul Islam said: “Sunil Gomes was hacked to death at his grocer store just near a church at Bonpara village.”
The brutal killing comes hours after an anti-terror cop’s wife was stabbed and shot dead in Chittagong, in the south east.
Homegrown jihadists have slaughtered more than 40 people in the past three years.
But there has been a spike in sick attacks in recent weeks.
Experts claim a government crackdown on the groups has provoked the spike in extremism.
