BNP leader Khokon remanded in double murder case

BNP Joint Secretary General Khairul Kabir Khokon has been placed on one-day remand in a case filed for the murder of two Chhatra Dal leaders in Narsingdi.

Narsingdi Senior Judicial Magistrate Mehedi Hasan’s court passed the order on Tuesday (November 14) afternoon.

Narsingdi district detective branch's officer-in-charge Khokon Chandra Sarker sought a six-day remand.

According to the case statement, the expelled Chhatra Dal leaders brought out a protest procession with more than 100 motorcycles in Narsingdi town on May 25 last.

When the procession reached in front of the district BNP's makeshift office at Chinishpur, miscreants opened fire at it injuring former joint convener of district JCD Sadequr Rahman Sadeq and his associate Ashraful Huq. Then Sadequr Rahman died on his way to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, while Ashraful died on the following day.

Later, a murder case was filed at Narsingdi Model Police Station against 30 district BNP leaders including Khairul Kabir Khokon and his wife Shirin Sultana.