BNP leader Khokon walks out of jail

BNP Joint Secretary General Khairul Kabir Khokon was freed from jail on bail on Wednesday after more than six and a half months of his arrest.

He walked out of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj around 12:30pm, said BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.

After the release, some leaders and activists received Khokon with flowers at the jail gate.

On October 26 last year, a team of Detective Branch (DB) of Police detained Khokon from his brother‍‍`s house in the Sipahibagh area.

Later, he was shown arrested in several cases filed in Dhaka and Narsingdi districts.