SC upholds Rana’s bail order, no bar to release

The Supreme Court today upheld a High Court verdict that granted bail to former Awami League MP from Tangail 3 (Ghatail) constituency Amanur Rahman Khan Rana in a case filed over the murder of two Jubo League leaders.

Following the order, there is no legal bar for Rana to get released from jail, said his lawyer Advocate Rusho Mostafa.

A four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the order after dismissing the petition filed by the government challenging the HC verdict.

On June 19, the High Court gave permanent bail to Rana in the murder case.

A day later, the Supreme Court stayed until July 1 the verdict following a government petition seeking a stay on the HC judgment.

Rana surrendered to the Tangail additional district and session’s judge court on September 18, 2016 ending his 22-month fugitive run in the Freedom Fighter’s murder case.

The Awami League leader went into “hiding” after he was accused of killing Freedom Fighter and member of the Awami League district unit Faruk Ahmed.

On January 18, 2013, the Awami League leader was shot dead in front of his residence in the district town.

Later, Faruk’s wife Nahar Ahmed filed a case in this connection. 

Fourteen people - including four brothers of Tangail’s influential Khan family - were accused in the murder case.

Baghil union Jubo League leaders Mohammad Shamim and Mohammad Mamun went missing on July 16, 2012 in the district town.

The following day, Shamim's mother filed a general diary with Tangail Sadar police station.

Later, police arrested several suspects over the incident when two of the arrestees -Shahadat Hossain, 16 and Hiron Mia, 27 - revealed that both of the Jubo League leaders had been murdered on MP Rana’s orders.