Court Correspondent :
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday stayed the bail of MP Amanur Rahman Khan Rana in freedom fighter Faruk Ahmed murder case.
Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed the order in response to a petition filed on behalf of the government seeking stay on the bail order earlier granted
by the High Court. However, the Chamber Judge stayed the bail for three days up to April 18.
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam said that the court fixed April 18 for further hearing on the government’s petition that sought stay, as no lawyer for Rana was present during its hearing on Sunday. He added that ruling party MP Rana cannot be released from jail until further order of the SC.
On April 13, the High Court granted ad-interim bail to Rana and also issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why Rana should not be granted regular bail in the case. Earlier, this court refused him bail in the case four times for different reasons.
The bullet-hit body of freedom fighter Faruk, also a district Awami League leader of Tangail, was found on January 18, 2013. Later, a murder case was filed. Police reportedly found evidence of the involvement of Rana and his three brothers in the murder. Amatur Rahman Rana, MP elected from Tangail constituency-3, surrendered in a Tangail court on September 18 last year.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday stayed the bail of MP Amanur Rahman Khan Rana in freedom fighter Faruk Ahmed murder case.
Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed the order in response to a petition filed on behalf of the government seeking stay on the bail order earlier granted
by the High Court. However, the Chamber Judge stayed the bail for three days up to April 18.
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam said that the court fixed April 18 for further hearing on the government’s petition that sought stay, as no lawyer for Rana was present during its hearing on Sunday. He added that ruling party MP Rana cannot be released from jail until further order of the SC.
On April 13, the High Court granted ad-interim bail to Rana and also issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why Rana should not be granted regular bail in the case. Earlier, this court refused him bail in the case four times for different reasons.
The bullet-hit body of freedom fighter Faruk, also a district Awami League leader of Tangail, was found on January 18, 2013. Later, a murder case was filed. Police reportedly found evidence of the involvement of Rana and his three brothers in the murder. Amatur Rahman Rana, MP elected from Tangail constituency-3, surrendered in a Tangail court on September 18 last year.
