Dhaka: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday extended its stay for four months on a High Court order that granted bail to ruling Awami League lawmaker from Tangail‐3 constituency Amanur Rahman Khan Rana in Faruk Ahmed murder case.

Full bench of the Appellate Division, led by Chief Justice SK Sinha, passed the order on Monday.

The apex court also directed the concerned lower court to dispose the case within six months, said Attorney General Mahbubey Alam.

On April 13, an HC bench granted bail to MP Rana in the case.

However on April 18, a Chamber Justice of the SC stayed the High Court order till May 8.

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, 2016, 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.