Journo, wife put on 4-day remand

FE Team | Published: February 14, 2024 00:03:49

A Dhaka court has placed Executive Editor of The Daily Star Syed Ashfaqul Haque and his wife Tania Khandaker on a four-day remand each in a case over the death of a domestic worker after falling from their flat on the eighth floor of a building in the city's Mohammadpur.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saifur Rahman passed the order when Nazmul Hasan, sub-inspector of Mohammadpur thana, and also the investigating officer of the case, produced them before the court with a 10-day demand prayer.
Advocate Chaitanno Chandra Haldar filed a petition seeking bail for his clients.
On February 7, the court sent Ashfaqul and his wife Tania to jail after rejecting their remand and bail petitions.
The court asked police to interrogate them in jail gate for three days.
Lukesh Urang, father of victim Preeti Urang (15), filed a case against Ashfaqul and Tania under section 304 (ka).
Preeti Urang, daughter of tea worker of Moulvibazar district Lokesh Urang, used to work as a domestic help at the flat of Ashfaqul in the capital's Mohammadpur and she died falling from the flat on February 6.
Preeti had been working at the house of Ashfaqul for two years.
Meanwhile, the Human Rights Forum Bangladesh (HRPB), a human rights body, has expressed deep concern and demanded fair probe into the death of Preeti.
Besides, Naripakkho, a women rights organisation, demanded a fair probe into the death of Priti and punishment of those involved in the death.