Pinu Khan

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Pinu Khan
পিনু খান
Member of Parliament
for Reserved Women's Seat-23
In office
5 January 2014 – 7 January 2019
Preceded byAmena Ahmed
Member of Parliament
for Reserved Women's Seat-49
In office
25 January 2009 – 25 January 2014
Succeeded bySabiha Nahar Begum
Personal details
Born (1954-02-02) 2 February 1954 (age 67)
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Awami League

Pinu Khan (born 2 February 1954)[1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former member of parliament from the Reserved women's seats.

Career[]

Khan 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]

Controversy[]

Khan's son, Bakhtiar Alam Rony, fired his licensed gun in a traffic jam in an incident in April 2015. His firing 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][4] He was charged with murder and the case became known as Eskaton Double Murder.[5][6][7][8] On 30 January 2019, a Dhaka courted sentenced him to life imprisonment.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Constituency 349". www.parliament.gov.bd. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. ^ "PINU KHAN -পিনু খান History". Amarmp. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Awami League MP Pinu Khan's son arrested over double murders, hunt on for three others". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Licence to kill". The Daily Star. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Eskaton double murder verdict deferred". The Daily Star. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Eskaton double murder verdict today". The Daily Star. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Court defers murder verdict on MP Pinu Khan's son again". The Independent. Dhaka. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Court defers murder verdict on Awami League MP's son, again". Dhaka Tribune. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  9. ^ "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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