Faruk killing: MP Rana denied bail again

A High Court bench today refused to grant bail to ruling Awami League lawmaker Amanur Rahman Rana in a case filed for killing freedom fighter Faruk Ahmed in 2013.

The bench of Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain and Justice Md Ataur Rahman Khan dropped the bail petition of the lawmaker, now in jail, from its cause-list, Deputy Attorney General Md Bashirullah told The Daily Star.

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He said after hearing the bail petition of Rana, the judges declined to grant him bail, considering the allegations brought against him.

The lawyers for Rana prayed to the HC to make the bail petition out of list, and then the court granted their prayer, DAG Bashirullah said, adding that the bail petition can be moved before another HC bench.   

Faruk Ahmed, former publicity secretary of district AL, was found shot dead near his College Para house in Tangail town on the night of January 18, 2013.

A charge-sheet in the case submitted by Tangail Detective Branch (DB) in February this year says Amanur and his family opposed Faruk's vying for the post of Tangail AL general secretary in 2012.

Amanur's brother Shahidur Rahman Khan Mukti was a contestant for the position.

After failing to persuade Faruk to quit the race, Amanur and his brothers assigned their accomplices to kill him, it says.

On September 18 this year, a Tangail court sent Rana, the lawmaker from Tangail-3 (Ghatail) constituency, to jail after rejecting his bail petition in the case.

He was elected uncontested in the January 5 parliamentary election in 2014. He won a by-election in 2012 from the same constituency.