Shooting minor: MP Liton seeks bail

Manjurul Islam Liton, Awami League MP from Gaibandha-1 constituency, filed petitions with a court in Gaibandha today seeking bail in two cases--one for shooting a minor boy and another for vandalism and looting a house.

Advocate Sirajul Islam, lawyer for the lawmaker, submitted the petitions with the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court in the morning.

The Chief Judicial Magistrate fixed October 25 for hearing the pleas.

Earlier on October 14, detectives arrested MP Liton from the city’s Uttara area in connection with the two cases. He was taken to Gaibandha on October 15.

The arrest had come hours after the Supreme Court stayed a High Court order directing the ruling party MP to surrender before a lower court by October 18 in the cases. The court passed the stay order following a petition filed by the state on October 13.

On October 2, Sourav, 8, son of Sazu Miah of Gopalcharan village, suffered wounds to his both legs with bullets allegedly fired by Manjurul Islam Liton at the village in Sundarganj upazila.

Sazu filed an attempted murder case against Liton the following day.

Liton remained ‘on the run’ since the incident. On October 8, another case was filed against him on charge of vandalising and looting a house.