The Daily Star’s Executive Editor Syed Ashfaqul Haque and his wife Tania Khondoker have been charged in a case over the death of a teenage domestic worker who fell from their eighth floor flat in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur. Police asked for permission to take the couple into remand for five days on Wednesday following their arrest in the case filed by Lokesh Urang, father of the 15-year-old victim Preeti Urang. The charges against the couple involve negligence resulting in death, according to Mahfuzul Haque Bhuiyan, the OC of Mohammadpur Police Station. Later, Ashfaqul, Tania, and four other members of the family were taken to the police station for questioning. Her mother accused Ashfaqul, Tania, and another woman of torturing the child in a case over the incident.

Source: bd News24 February 07, 2024 12:49 UTC