A Gaibandha court has granted interim bail to lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton, accused of attempted murder of a child, so that he can attend the ongoing parliament session.
Gaibandha Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Mainul Hasan Yusuf passed the order yesterday for the Gaibandha 1 constituency MP from the Awami League. Earlier, the court had denied his bail plea three times.
Soon after the interim bail was granted, MP Liton was released from Gaibandha district jail.
MP Liton’s lawyer Sirajul Islam told the Dhaka Tribune that the bail would be effective just for the duration of the eighth parliament session, allowing his client to attend the House.
On Wednesday, Liton also secured bail in another case accusing him of vandalising and looting a house.
On October 2, Liton allegedly shot and wounded an eight-year-old boy named Sourav at Sundarganj; the same day, Liton and his supporters allegedly vandalised a house in the upazila.
Sourav’s father filed the attempted murder case on October 2, while the victim of the looted house filed the vandalism case against MP Liton and nine others on October 7.
The lawmaker had been behind bars since October 14, when detectives arrested Liton from his sister’s house in the capital’s Uttara.
