DB seeks Rony’s arms licence cancellation

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UNB, Dhaka :
The Detective Branch (DB) of police on Monday sent a letter to the Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka seeking cancellation of the arms licence of Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of ruling party MP Pinu Khan, as his firearm was used to kill two people in the city’s New Eskaton Road area.
DB sub-inspector Dipak Kumar Das, also Investigation Officer (IO) of the case, said, “We’ve urged the Deputy Commissioner to revoke his firearms licence.”
The mentioned that as Rony is unfit for carrying any arms and using that, his arms license should be cancelled.
On April 13, Rony, said to be a drug addict, allegedly opened fire on people indiscriminately near
Janakantha Bhaban in New Eskaton area from his car, leaving two people-rickshaw-puller Abdul Hakim and Janakantha’s auto-rickshaw driver Yakub-injured with bullets.
Hakim succumbed to his injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on April 15 while Yeakub died at the hospital on April 23. On April 15, a case was filed with Ramna Police Station against unidentified people in this connection. On June 1, law enforces arrested Rony from his Dhanmondi residence in connection with the firing.
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