Court accepts murder charges against AL MP's son Rony

A Dhaka court yesterday took cognizance of the double murder charge against Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of ruling Awami League lawmaker Pinu Khan.

The court also relieved Imran Fakir, driver of Rony of the charges as the investigation officer did not find any allegation against him.

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The IO prayed to the court to relieve Imran of the charges and consider his confessional statement as testimony. Imran was shown as a witness in the charge sheet.

Detectives on July 21 pressed murder charges against Rony for shooting dead two persons in the capital on April 15.

Rony, son of AL lawmaker and acting Mohila AL general secretary Pinu Khan, fired random shots in the air from his jeep for "being frustrated over post-midnight traffic" on New Eskaton Road on April 15, leaving a rickshaw-puller and an auto-rickshaw driver dead.

Rony, who was smoking at that time, lowered the window of the vehicle and fired four to five shots at random, hitting rickshaw-puller Abdul Hakim and auto-rickshaw driver Yakub Ali.

The incident did not draw much attention at first. But as the media ran reports on Rony's involvement in the incident, it created a huge public outcry.