Gurcharan Singh Gill, an employee at local liquor store at Shields Express in West Shields Avenue was at work when he was stabbed to death during broad day light, Lieutenant Mindy Casto said.
While investigations are still on-going, local community members feel Gill was attacked due to his identity and skin colour, Casto said.
When officers of Fresno Police Department arrived at the scene they found an elderly man lying in the shop. Emergency medical team tried to provide first-aid but it was determined that Gill had already died, Fresno Bee reported.
On December 28, another elderly Sikh man was brutally assaulted by two persons in Fresno. No arrests have been made in either cases.
The police have appealed to the local people to report if they find any leads to the incident.