Eskaton double murder: AL lawmaker’s son indicted

A Dhaka court has indicted Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of ruling party Awami League lawmaker Pinu Khan, in connection with a case filed for gunning down two people in the capital’s New Eskaton area last year.

Judge Shamsunnahar Begum of Second Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court passed the order after discharging a petition filed by Rony.

Rony pleaded not guilty to the charges against him at court.

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The court set April 11 for starting the trial.

According to the charge sheet, Rony fired random shots in the air from his jeep for “being frustrated over post-midnight traffic” on New Eskaton Road on April 14, leaving a rickshaw-puller and an auto-rickshaw driver dead.

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

Earlier on August 13, 2015, a Dhaka court accepted the charges against the accused.