Dhaka, May 8 -- BNP Joint Secretary General Khairul Kabir Khokon has been freed from jail on bail after more than six and a half months of his arrest.

Khairul Kabir Khokon, also the president of Narsingdi District BNP, walked out of Keraniganj Central Jail around 12:00 pm on Wednesday.

BNP leaders and activists of the senior leader of the party received him at the jail gate, according to local media reports.

Detective Branch of police on October 26 arrested Khokon from his brother's residence at Nabinbagh in Sipahibagh at around 2:00 am.

He faces charges in several cases, including sabotage, according to Rajib Al Masood, deputy commissioner of the Motijheel police's detective unit.

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