Witness testifies against MP\\\'s son Rony
Wednesday, 17 June 2015
It was MP Pinu Khan’s son Bakhtiar Alam Rony who fired the shots that killed two people at Dhaka’s Eskaton two months ago, a witness has told a Dhaka court.
Rony’s friend Kamal Mahmud testified before the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Aminul Haque on Wednesday, a source told bdnews24.com.
Auto-rickshaw driver Yakub Ali and rickshaw-puller Abdul Hakim were killed in a random shooting early on Apr 14.
Rony is accused of firing the fatal shots from a black Land Cruiser Prado while ‘under the influence of drugs’. His mother reserved seat MP Pinu Khan is also general secretary of Mohila Awami League, the ruling party’s female wing.