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Pinu Khan

Pinu Khan

Bangladeshi politician (1952–2024)

Pinu Khan (2 February 1954 – 17 March 2024) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former member of parliament from the Reserved women's seats.

Quick Facts Member of Parliament for Reserved Women's Seat-23, Preceded by ...

Life and career

Pinu Khan was born on 2 February 1954.[1] He was selected to the parliament on 5 January 2014 from reserved women's seat-23 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate.[2] She served as the General Secretary of Mohila Awami League.[3] Khan died on 17 March 2024, at the age of 70.[4]

Controversy

Khan's son, Bakhtiar Alam Rony, fired his licensed gun in a traffic jam in an incident in April 2015. His shooting killed Abdul Hakim, a rickshaw puller, and Yakub Ali, an auto-rickshaw driver. He was interrogated by Detective Branch over the murders while Pinu denied any involvement of her son.[3][5] He was charged with murder and the case became known as Eskaton Double Murder.[6][7][8][9] On 30 January 2019, a Dhaka court sentenced him to life imprisonment.[10]

References

  1. [1]
    "Constituency 349". www.parliament.gov.bd. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. [2]
    "PINU KHAN -পিনু খান History". Amarmp. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Awami League MP Pinu Khan's son arrested over double murders, hunt on for three others". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  4. [4]
    Mohila Awami League’s ex-GS Pinu Khan passes away BSS News
  5. [5]
    "Licence to kill". The Daily Star. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  6. [6]
    "Eskaton double murder verdict deferred". The Daily Star. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  7. [7]
    "Eskaton double murder verdict today". The Daily Star. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  8. [8]
    "Court defers murder verdict on MP Pinu Khan's son again". The Independent. Dhaka. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  9. [9]
    "Court defers murder verdict on Awami League MP's son, again". Dhaka Tribune. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  10. [10]
    "Eskaton Double Murder: Eskaton Double Murder: Ex-MP's son gets life term in prison". The Daily Star. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.


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