The High Court on Monday asked the ruling Awami League lawmaker of Gaibandha-1 constituency, Manjurul Islam Liton, who hit headlines shooting at a child, to surrender in a lower court by October 18.
The vacation bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Bhisma Dev Chakravarty passed the order after rejecting the petition filed by Manjurul on Sunday seeking anticipatory bail in an attempted murder case filed against him for shooting at a minor boy in the legs in Gaibandha on October 2.
Manjurul who did not appear in public since the shooting day surrendered before the High Court bench minutes before 1:00pm today.
Moksadul Islam, Manjurul’s lawyer, later told reporters that police cannot arrest or harass the lawmaker till October 18 following the High Court directives.
Attorney general Mahbubey Alam said that the government would file appeal on Tuesday against the High Court directives seeking stay on its order that asked Manjurul to surrender before the trial court by October 18.
He, however, refrained from making any comment if police can arrest the parliament member before the deadline.
Manjurul Islam Liton, in an immediate reaction, said he is free till October 18, adding that he will hold a press briefing regarding the incident if it is required.
The MP said he could not appear before the court before as his licensed gun was seized by police.
‘Now I feel secure after the High Court directives,’ he added.
In the petition on Sunday, Manjurul claimed that he came under attack by activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and the Jamaat-e-Islami on Bamandanga-Sundarganj road at BRAC intersection at Sundarganj while he was going to his village home from Gaibandha town at about 4:00am on October 2.
He claimed that the allegation of shooting at the boy by him as stated in the first information report by the boy’s father was ‘blatant false’ and ‘fabricated’.
Manjurul, also the Sundarganj upazila Awami League president, filed the petition 72 hours after the home minister, Asaduzzaman Khan, told reporters on October 8 that the lawmaker was given time to surrender.
The minister said that legal actions would be taken if Manjurul did not surrender.
Manjurul went into hiding after the father of the victim filed the attempted murder case on October 3.
The victim, Shahadat Hossain Sourav, 9, son of Saju Miah of at Sundarganj, is undergoing treatment at paediatric surgery department at Rangpur Medical College Hospital.
The vacation bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Bhisma Dev Chakravarty passed the order after rejecting the petition filed by Manjurul on Sunday seeking anticipatory bail in an attempted murder case filed against him for shooting at a minor boy in the legs in Gaibandha on October 2.
Manjurul who did not appear in public since the shooting day surrendered before the High Court bench minutes before 1:00pm today.
Moksadul Islam, Manjurul’s lawyer, later told reporters that police cannot arrest or harass the lawmaker till October 18 following the High Court directives.
Attorney general Mahbubey Alam said that the government would file appeal on Tuesday against the High Court directives seeking stay on its order that asked Manjurul to surrender before the trial court by October 18.
He, however, refrained from making any comment if police can arrest the parliament member before the deadline.
Manjurul Islam Liton, in an immediate reaction, said he is free till October 18, adding that he will hold a press briefing regarding the incident if it is required.
The MP said he could not appear before the court before as his licensed gun was seized by police.
‘Now I feel secure after the High Court directives,’ he added.
In the petition on Sunday, Manjurul claimed that he came under attack by activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and the Jamaat-e-Islami on Bamandanga-Sundarganj road at BRAC intersection at Sundarganj while he was going to his village home from Gaibandha town at about 4:00am on October 2.
He claimed that the allegation of shooting at the boy by him as stated in the first information report by the boy’s father was ‘blatant false’ and ‘fabricated’.
Manjurul, also the Sundarganj upazila Awami League president, filed the petition 72 hours after the home minister, Asaduzzaman Khan, told reporters on October 8 that the lawmaker was given time to surrender.
The minister said that legal actions would be taken if Manjurul did not surrender.
Manjurul went into hiding after the father of the victim filed the attempted murder case on October 3.
The victim, Shahadat Hossain Sourav, 9, son of Saju Miah of at Sundarganj, is undergoing treatment at paediatric surgery department at Rangpur Medical College Hospital.
Source: New Age
