Mehedi Agro FC clinch Koko Memorial Football title

Mehedi Agro Football Club of Chatmohar clinched the Arafat Rahman Koko Memorial Football Tournament title after defeating Santhia’s Huikhali Football XI by a one-goal margin in the final in Pabna on Saturday.

The final was held at Puranchor Football Ground in Gourigram Union of Santhia upazila under the slogan ‘Play sports, resist drugs’. Mehedi Agro FC represented Chatmohar, while Huikhali Football XI represented Santhia. Huikhali finished the tournament as runners-up.

Thousands of spectators gathered at the venue to enjoy the final, which was organised in memory of Arafat Rahman Koko.

BNP-nominated parliamentary candidate for Pabna-1, VP Shamsur Rahman, attended the event as the chief guest. Md Shahjahan Ali Mondol presided over the programme.

Special guests included the Santhia Upazila Nirbahi Officer, the officer-in-charge of Santhia Police Station, former upazila BNP vice-president Fazlul Bari Shantu, former Kashinathpur Union Parishad chairman Idris Ali Munshi, and Jatiyatabadi Krishak Dal central committee members KM Harun Or and Mashiur Rahman Tipu.

Local dignitaries and BNP leaders from various levels were also present at the event.