Former Tangail MP of the Awami League, Amanur Rahman Khan Rana has been granted 6-months interim bail by the High Court in a case filed over the murder of two Jubo League leaders.

The High Court bench of Justice A K M Asaduzzaman and Justice S M Mozibur Rahman passed the order on Wednesday (Mar 6)

Monsurul Haque Chowdhury moved the bail petition while Deputy Attorney General Dr Md Bashir Ullah represented the state.

Rana surrendered to the Tangail additional district and session's judge court on Sept 18, 2016 after he was a fugitive for 22 months in the murder case. He went into hiding after he was accused of killing Freedom Fighter and member of the Awami League district unit Faruk Ahmed.

On Jan 18, 2013, the Awami League leader was shot dead in front of his residence in the district.

Later, Faruk's wife Nahar Ahmed opened a case over the incident. Fourteen people including four brothers of Tangail's influential Khan family were accused in the murder case.

Baghil union Jubo League leaders Mohammad Shamim and Mohammad Mamun went missing on Jul 16, 2012. The following day, Shamim's mother filed a general diary with Tangail Sadar police station.

Later, police arrested several suspects over the incident when two of the arrestees— Shahadat Hossain, 16 and Hiron Mia, 27, claimed both of the Jubo League leaders had been murdered on MP Rana's orders.