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2 Children of Nakano-Imran will stay with father: High Court

The High Court has granted custody rights for the two children of Japanese citizen Nakano Eriko and Bangladesh-born US citizen Imran Sharif to the father. Imran will, however, have to bear the cost of allowing their mother to see them.

According to the High Court decision, the two girls will stay with their father in Dhaka, but their mother will also have the opportunity to spend time alone with them. The High Court said Eriko can meet the children three times a year.

She can meet her daughters for 10 days at a time exclusively and Imran will bear her travel expenses, the court said.

2 Children of Nakano-Imran will stay with father: High Court

Eriko can also meet her children at any other time at her own expense, the HC observed.

Imran must also arrange for the children to have video calls with their mother on two holidays each month.

The High Court also rejected Imran’s petition to have their youngest daughter, who is currently in their mother’s custody in Japan, brought to court to confirm her safety and whereabouts.

Nakano Eriko has been in Bangladesh for several months to seek custody of her children. To compensate her for the travel costs, the court has also ordered Imran to pay Tk 10 lacs within 7 days.

2 Children of Nakano-Imran will stay with father: High Court

The decision was announced by the High Court bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman on Sunday after the final hearings on the petitions from both parents.

The current petition will remain ongoing and, if any party fails to fulfil their obligations, they can be brought to court, said Justice Rahim, the senior judge on the bench

On July 18, Eriko, a doctor based in Tokyo, came to Bangladesh and filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking a directive on Imran to hand over the two children to her custody.

On August 19, the HC bench directed Imran to produce his daughters before it on August 31. But before that, the Criminal Investigation Department of Police took the children into their custody on August 22.

On August 23, the HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman said the girls will remain at the centre till the August 31 hearing.

The HC bench on August 31 directed the authorities concerned to move the two children of Imran and Eriko to a residence in the capital’s Gulshan from a victim support centre to ensure a family environment for them.

On September 16, the HC gave the responsibility to their lawyers for reaching an amicable settlement. But, they failed to reach an agreeable solution through negotiation.

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