Former AL lawmaker's son Bakhtiar Alam Rony denied bail in double murder case

The High Court today rejected a bail petition of former Awami League lawmaker Pinu Khan's son Bakhtiar Alam Rony in connection with a double murder case in which he was sentenced to life imprisonment by the trial court.

The HC bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan and Justice Sahed Nuruddin passed the rejection order after holding hearing on the bail petition filed by Rony last month.

On April 13, 2015, Bakhtiar Alam Rony fired gunshots from his car in Dilu Road of New Eskaton in the capital, injuring rickshaw-puller Abdul Hakim and auto-rickshaw driver Yakub, who succumbed to their injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on April 15 and April 23 respectively.

Hakim's mother Monowara Begum filed a case with Ramna Police Station in connection with the incident.

On July 21, 2015, detectives pressed murder charges against Rony and cleared his driver from the charges. Rony landed in jail after a Dhaka court on July 2, 2015, rejected his bail petition.

A Dhaka court on January 30, 2019 sentenced Rony to life imprisonment in the case saying that he (Rony) "deserved the death penalty".