A Gaibandha court has rejected the bail petition for Awami League MP Manjurul Islam Liton in a case filed over shooting a child in the leg.
Senior Judicial Magistrate of Sundarganj Cognisance Court Md Waheduzzaman passed the order on Sunday afternoon, MP Liton’s counsel Md Sirajul Islam Babu told the Dhaka Tribune.
On October 21, the lawyer filed two bail petitions with the court in the shooting and vandalism cases.
The Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested the Awami League lawmaker from his relative’s house in Uttara on October 14.
Liton’s arrest came hours after the Supreme Court issued a stay order on a High Court ruling that rejected an anticipatory bail petition by Liton and ordered him to surrender before the trial court by October 18.
On October 2, eight-year-old Sourav, son of Sazu Miah of Gopalcharan village, was injured with stray bullets allegedly fired by Liton at the village. The father filed a case against Liton the following day and the legislator went into hiding after that.