Murder trial of MP Rana to go on

The High Court yesterday cleared the way for the lower court concerned to run the trial proceedings against Tangail's ruling Awami League  lawmaker Amanur Rahman Khan Rana in freedom fighter Faruk Ahmed murder case.

The HC bench of Justice Md Shawkat Hossain and Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder rejected a petition filed by Rana, now in jail, challenging the lower court order that framed charges against him in the case.

In the petition, he also prayed to the HC seeking a stay order on the trial proceedings of the case.

The HC passed the order after Rana's lawyer Advocate Hedayet Kabir Khan prayed to the court to reject the petition considering that it was not properly submitted before this court.

There is no legal bar for the trial court to continue the trial of Faruk Ahmed murder case following the High Court order, Deputy Attorney General AKM Jahid Sarwar Kajol told The Daily Star.

A Tangail court on September 6 indicted ruling Awami League lawmaker Amanur Rahman Khan Rana and 13 others accused in the murder case.

Faruk, the then AL publicity secretary of Tangail district unit, was shot dead on the night of January 18, 2013. Police submitted the charge sheet on February 3 in 2016.