Fourteen stab marks have been found on the body of secular blogger Niladri Chatterjee, who was killed by unidentified assailants on Friday.
Among the 14 stabs, eight deep wounds were found on neck and chin for that Niloy died on the spot.
The post-mortem examination of Niloy's body was conducted at Dhaka Medical College on Saturday morning.
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After the autopsy, Professor Habibuzzaman Chowdhury, head of the forensic medicine department of the DMC, briefed the media.
He said the killing has similarities with the style of the murders of other bloggers including Avijit Roy.
Besides, injury marks were found on Niloy's hands, palms and fingers.
The body of the slain blogger was handed over to his paternal uncle Nirmol Chatterjee after the autopsy was done.
Niloy's body is being taken to his village home in Pirojpur where his last rites would be performed.
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Niladri's wife Ashamoni filed a case with Khilgaon police station against four unnamed persons on Friday night.
Known as Niloy Neel on blogging platforms and Facebook, Niladri Chatterjee was killed with machetes by four unidentified assailants at his Goran residence in Dhaka around 1:30pm Friday.
Niloy, who worked at an NGO, had rented the flat on the fourth floor of a building in the area two years back, identifying himself as a Muslim named Niloy Chowdhury. He used to stay with his wife Ashamoni and sister-in-law.
Recently he was trying to leave the country out of fear as three secularist activists had been killed by the militants since February. He also received threats several times.
A group named Ansar Al Islam, believed to be banned militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team, has claimed responsibility for the murder. In an email sent to the media in the afternoon, they said that Niloy had been killed for his blasphemous activities, and warned others of similar consequences for demeaning the Almighty and the Prophet.
