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.

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
Dhaka, East Bengal, Pakistan
Died17 March 2024(2024-03-17) (aged 70)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Awami League

Life and career

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Pinu Khan was born on 2 February 1954.[1] She was selected to 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 the Mohila Awami League.[3] Khan died on 17 March 2024, at the age of 70.[4]

Controversy

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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 the 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

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  1. ^ "Constituency 349". Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original on 3 December 2022. 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. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  4. ^ Mohila Awami League's ex-GS Pinu Khan passes away BSS News
  5. ^ "Licence to kill". The Daily Star. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Eskaton double murder verdict deferred". The Daily Star. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Eskaton double murder verdict today". The Daily Star. 8 May 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Court defers murder verdict on MP Pinu Khan's son again". The Independent. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  9. ^ "Court defers murder verdict on Awami League MP's son, again". Dhaka Tribune. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  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.