Pinu Khan Explained

Pinu Khan
Native Name:পিনু খান
Native Name Lang:bn
Constituency Mp:Reserved Women's Seat-23
Term Start:5 January 2014
Term End:7 January 2019
Predecessor:Amena Ahmed
Constituency Mp1:Reserved Women's Seat-49
Term Start1:25 January 2009
Term End1:25 January 2014
Successor1:Sabiha Nahar Begum
Birth Date:2 February 1954
Birth Place:Dhaka, East Bengal, Pakistan
Death Place:Dhaka, Bangladesh
Party:Bangladesh Awami League
Nationality:Bangladeshi

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.

Life and career

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

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.[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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Constituency 349 . Bangladesh Parliament . 31 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221203143521/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-9th-parliament-members-bangla?layout=edit&id=1300 . 3 December 2022.
  2. Web site: PINU KHAN -পিনু খান History . Amarmp . 27 January 2019 . en.
  3. News: Awami League MP Pinu Khan's son arrested over double murders, hunt on for three others . 27 January 2019 . bdnews24.com . 11 June 2015.
  4. https://www.bssnews.net/news/179174 Mohila Awami League's ex-GS Pinu Khan passes away
  5. News: Licence to kill . 27 January 2019 . The Daily Star . 2 July 2015 . en.
  6. News: Eskaton double murder verdict deferred . 27 January 2019 . The Daily Star . 8 May 2018 . en.
  7. News: Eskaton double murder verdict today . 27 January 2019 . The Daily Star . 8 May 2018 . en.
  8. News: Court defers murder verdict on MP Pinu Khan's son again . 27 January 2019 . The Independent . Dhaka . https://web.archive.org/web/20181007072343/http://www.theindependentbd.com/post/169029 . 7 October 2018.
  9. News: Court defers murder verdict on Awami League MP's son, again . 27 January 2019 . Dhaka Tribune . 4 October 2018.
  10. News: Eskaton Double Murder: Eskaton Double Murder: Ex-MP's son gets life term in prison . 31 January 2019 . The Daily Star . en . 30 January 2019.