Online Desk : Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained MA Awal, former lawmaker from Laxmipur-1 seat, over murder of a young man in broad daylight in capital`s Pallabi area on May 16.

Lt Col Muhammad Khairul Islam, director of RAB`s intelligence wing, confirmed his detention news on Thursday morning.

According to the case statement, MP Awal killed Shahin Uddin, 33, over a land dispute.

On May 16, Awal`s supporters stabbed Shahin indiscriminately in front of his seven-year-old child on Road No 31 under section 12, leaving him dead on the spot.

Mentioning the name of 20 persons including Awal, the victim`s wife Aklima Begum lodged a murder case.

Police, however, arrested Muran in this connection.

Source: observerbd.com