Khulna (South) Correspondent :
The 17th death anniversary of former vice president of Khulna Press club and staff reporter of local daily Purbanchal, Harunur Rashid Khokon was observed on Saturday in Khulna.
Marking Khokon’s 17th death anniversary, journalists yesterday arranged doa mahfil, discussion meeting at VIP lounge of Khulna Press Club and also placed floral wreaths at the memorial of Khokon on the press club premises.
Khulna Union Of Journalists (KUJ) and family members of Khokon also arranged different programmes marking the day.
Journalist Harunur Rashid Khokon was killed by the miscreants at Mujgunni Nesaria Madrasa area at Khalishpur police station in Khulna city on March13, 2002 while going towards his office at around 7pm. Miscreants shot him to death while he was riding a motorcycle.
Speakers at the meeting, journalists urged the government to finish the trials for killing their fellows including Humayun Kabir Balu, Harunur Rashid Khokon, Sheikh Belal Ahmed, Manik saha, Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi, through a speedy tribunal.
