Khoka’s health condition worsens

The health condition of former mayor of undivided Dhaka City Corporation and BNP vice chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka, who has long been receiving treatment in the USA for cancer, has turned critical.

Khoka’s son Ishraque Hossain yesterday said his father has been undergoing treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York since May 2014.

“I’m going to the USA. My father’s condition is critical. I call upon all to pray for him,” he told the news agency through WhatsApp yesterday.

He 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 recovery of their party vice chairman.

Khoka, a freedom fighter, stepped into politics through Moulana Bhasani’s National Awami Party (NAP). Later, he joined BNP, and was made the party’s Dhaka city unit president.

Khoka was first elected MP in 1991. Later, he contested Dhaka City Corporation election in 2002 and was elected mayor. He held the post for nearly nine years.