Dhaka: The High Court on Thursday granted interim bail to Awami League MP from Tangail-3 constituency Amanur Rahman Khan Rana in the Faruk Ahmed murder case.

An HC bench of Justice Miftah Uddin Choudhury and Justice ANM Bashir Ullah also issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain as to why permanent bail shuld not be granted to the ruling party MP.

Advocate Abdul Baset Majumder stood for Rana while Deputy Attorney General Sheikh AKM Moniruzzaman Kabir represented the state.

Earlier, on March 30, the High Court rejected a bail petition of MP Rana.

Faruk Ahmed, a senior AL leader and a freedom fighter, was shot dead in the district town of Tangail on January 18, 2013.

Rana is a charge-sheeted accused in the case.

When Rana appeared before Tangail Additional District and Session's Judge court ending his 22-month fugitive run on September 18 last, the court sent him to jail.

In February 2016, detectives pressed charges against 14 people, including the ruling party MP and his three brothers, in the Faruk murder case.