Boy shooting case
MP Liton denied bail
UNB
A Gaibandha court yesterday denied bail to Manjurul Islam Liton, Awami League MP from Gaibandha-1 constituency, in a case filed for shooting a minor boy, reports UNB.
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Mohammad Waheduzzaman passed the order after hearing a petition filed seeking Litons bail.
Earlier, Advocate Sirajul Islam, lawyer for Liton, submitted two petitions seeking bail in two casesone for shooting a minor boy and another for vandalising and looting a housewith the Chief Judicial Magistrates Court on October 21. The Chief Judicial Magistrate fixed October 25 (today) for hearing the pleas.
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.
