HC orders police to produce a Canadian citizen on Apr 10

The High Court on Tuesday directed the officer-in-charge of the Mugda Police Station of the Capital city to produce a Canadian female citizen before the court on April 10 next.
The High Court bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice S M Maniruzzaman passed the order after hearing a writ petition filed by two rights organisation, Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) and Ain O Salis Kendra (ASK).
Lawyers ZI Khan Panna, Sara Hossain, Shahinuzzaman and Aysha Siddqua appeared in the court on behalf of the writ petitioners.
Sources said, the Canadian citizen of Bangladeshi descent came to the country recently. Her parents are not willing to send her abroad anymore. But she sought help from the Canadian High Commission through email to go back to Canada.
The High Commission then communicated with the rights organisations and accordingly the latter filed the writ petition with the High Court on last Sunday.

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