Gaibandha: Awami League lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton, from Gaibandha 1 constituency, who was arrested on Wednesday on charge of shooting a minor boy, was taken to Gaibandha on Thursday morning.

Amid tight security, a team of Detective Branch (DB) of police took him to police super’s office in the district at about 6:00am.

Detectives arrested Manjurul Islam Liton in the city’s Uttara area on Wednesday night.

The arrest came hours after the Supreme Court (SC) stayed a High Court order that directed the ruling party MP to surrender before a lower court by October 18 in a case for shooting the minor boy.

The SC passed the order on Wednesday following a petition filed by the state on Tuesday seeking a stay on the HC order.

On Monday, the HC rejected the bail petition filed by Liton and asked him to surrender before the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court of Gaibandha by 18 October.

A two-member bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Bhishmadev

Chakraborty passed the order after hearing the bail petition.

Earlier on Sunday, the Gaibandha-1 constituency lawmaker filed the petition with the High Court seeking anticipatory bail in the case.

On 2 October, 8-year-old Sourav, 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 8 October, another case was filed against him on charge of vandalism and looting.