SC clears way for AL MP, brother's arrest

The Supreme Court yesterday cleared the way for the arrest of Amanur Rahman Khan Rana, Awami League lawmaker of Tangail-3, and his brother Shahidur Rahman Khan in a case over the murder of a freedom fighter and AL leader.

The SC's Appellate Division scrapped a July 14 High Court order which, following the duo's petition seeking anticipatory bail that month, directed them to surrender before the lower court in two weeks, during which law enforcers were not to harass or arrest them.

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A three-member bench headed by Justice Nazmun Ara Sultana passed the order after hearing an appeal filed by the government against the HC order.

Deputy Attorney General Ekramul Haque Tutul told The Daily Star that now there was no legal bar on the arrest.

Faruk's body, containing bullet wounds, was found on January 18, 2013. As per a Prothom Alo report of September 14, 2014, police found evidence of the involvement of Amanur and his three brothers in the murder.