Former Mayor of undivided Dhaka City Corporation and BNP Vice-Chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka’s health condition has turned critical.
Khoka’s son Ishraque Hossain on Thursday told
The New Nation his father has long been receiving treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. He told on WhatsApp, “I’m in a flight as I’m going to the USA. My father’s condition is critical. I call upon all to pray for him.”
Ishraque Hossain said Khoka has long been suffering from kidney cancer and his condition worsened a few days back.
Meanwhile, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at a press conference also urged all to pray for the early recovery of their party Vice Chairman Khoka.
Khoka, a freedom fighter, stepped into politics through joining Moulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani’s National Awami Party (NAP).
Later, he joined BNP and was made party’s Dhaka city unit President.
Khoka was first elected MP in 1991 from Sutrapur-Kotwali seat and subsequently made State Minister for Youth and Sports.
He contested Dhaka City Corporation election in 2002 and was elected Mayor.
