The High Court, has 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.
On Wednesday, the High Court bench of Justice A K M Asaduzzaman and Justice S M Mozibur Rahman passed the order.
The court also set Monday for a hearing on a bail petition in another case filed over the killing of Freedom Fighter Faruk Ahmed.
Deputy Attorney General Dr. Md Bashir Ullah stood for the state while lawyer Monsurul Haque Chowdhury stood for the accused.
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.