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HC issues rule on bail for Rana

The High Court (HC) issued a rule asking the government to explain why the court shall not grant bail to Tangail-3 lawmaker Amanur Rahman Khan Rana, prime accused in the case lodged over murder of his party man and Freedom Fighter Faruk Ahammed.A High Court division bench comprising Justice Sheikh Abdul Awal and Justice Md Khasruzzaman on Wednesday passed the order, accepting a plea of the defence.Rana was sent to jail by a trial court as he surrendered before it on September 18, 2016. A Tangail court on September 26 rejected his bail plea.The controversial lawmaker then filed an appeal with the High Court against that trial court order.Source: BSS