boy shooting, vandalism cases
MP Liton�s bail hearing Oct 25
UNB
Manjurul Islam Liton, Awami League MP from Gaibandha-1 constituency, filed petitions with a Gaibandha court yesterday, seeking bail in two casesone for shooting a
minor boy and another for vandalising and looting a house, reports UNB.
Advocate Sirajul Islam, Litons lawyer, submitted the petitions with the Chief Judicial Magistrates Court in the morning.
The Chief Judicial Magistrate fixed October 25 for hearing the pleas. Earlier on October 14, detectives arrested MP Liton from the citys Uttara area in connection with the two cases.
On October 15, following his arrest Liton was taken to Gaibandha.
The arrest had come hours after the Supreme Court (SC) stayed a High Court order directing the ruling party MP to surrender before a lower court by October 18 in the cases. The SC passed the stay order following a petition filed by the state on October 13.
On October 2, minor boy Sourav, 8, son of Sazu Miah of Gopalcharan village, suffered wounds to his both legs with bullets allegedly fired by Manjurul Islam Liton at the village in Sundarganj upazila. Sazu filed an attempted murder case against Liton the following day. Liton remained on the run since the incident.
On October 8, another case was filed against him on charge of vandalising and looting a house.
