MA Awal, former MP of Laksmipur-1 Constituency, has been released on bail in the case of murder of trader Sahinuddin, 33, in Pallabi of the capital.
MA Awal's younger brother Abdus Salam confirmed the information at about 2pm on Tuesday.
He was released on bail from the prison cell of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital in the capital around 8pm on Monday.
RAB arrested MA Awal on May 20, 2021 on charges of publicly hacking trader Sahinuddin to death. Since then he was in prison.
RAB claimed the former MP to be the mastermind behind the murder.
On May 16, 2021, Shahinuddin was called up on his mobile phone and asked to go to Mirpur Section-12 on the pretext of resolving a land dispute.
When the victim reached the area around 4pm that day, assailants attacked him before hacking him to death with sharp weapons in front of his seven-year-old son.
A murder case was filed with Pallabi police station on the next day against several people, including former MP MA Awal.
