Dhaka: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) held the prime accused in the killing of Gaibandha-1 ruling Awami League lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton at Badda in Dhaka on Wednesday night.

RAB held the prime suspect Ashraful, son of Sundarganj district Jamaat-e-Islami Amir Haji Yunus, and his associate Jahurul Islam during a drive at the area, said RAB-1 Legal and Media Wing Assistant Director Mizanur Rahman, also an assistant superintendent of police.

Miscreants shot ruling Awami League lawmaker from Gaibandha-1 (Sundarganj) constituency Manjurul Islam Liton dead in a gun attack at Bamandanga village in Sundarganj upazila on 31 December.

Doctors declared the child-shooter MP dead at about 7:30pm, 15 minutes after he was rushed at the Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH) with two bullet wounds in the chest from his home at Sundarganj.

Gaibandha police said two unidentified men shot Liton from a close proximity at his village home at Masterpara near Bamondanga railway station as they appeared at the scene mounting on a motorbike at about 6:00pm, saying they wanted to meet him.

Liton hit headlines after shooting a minor boy, Sourav, 8, son of Sazu Miah of Gopalcharan village in the upazila, on October 2, 2015.