The High Court yesterday directed the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission chairman to take steps to remove from online platforms defamatory videos about Japanese national Eriko Nakano and her estranged husband Bangladeshi-born US citizen Imran Sharif.

The couple have two daughters currently living in a Gulshan flat under HC directive.

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The HC also ordered the Cyber Police Center under the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to immediately identify persons posting or uploading defamatory videos and take necessary legal action against them.

The court issued these orders while hearing two separate petitions filed by Eriko and Imran.

The HC asked Imran to remove the closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras from the interior of the residence where Eriko lives with their daughters.

CCTV cameras will remain operational in the outer areas of the residence for security reasons, the bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman said.

On January 18 this year, Imran submitted a divorce notice to a Japanese court, but did not appear before that court on the scheduled date of hearing, Eriko said in her petition.

On January 21, he picked up his daughters from their school in Tokyo and came to Bangladesh on February 21, Eriko’s petition said.

Eriko, 46, a doctor based in Tokyo, came to Bangladesh on July 18 this year and filed a writ petition with the HC seeking a directive on Imran, 58, to hand over the children to her custody. She feared that Imran, who now lives in Mohammadia Housing Society under Adabor Police Station in Dhaka or in a Gulshan house, may flee Bangladesh with her daughters.

In the petition, Eriko said she and Imran got married on July 11, 2008, in Japan following Japanese and Muslim cusoms.

On August 31, the HC bench directed authorities concerned to immediately shift the two children to a residence in Gulshan from the victim support centre.

The court permitted Eriko to spend nights with her daughters exclusively on September 9, 11, 13 and 15 at the Gulshan flat.

Imran, meanwhile, can stay with the daughters on other nights at the Gulshan residence, in the presence of Eriko.

In his petition, Imran appealed for the sole custody of his daughters.

The court fixed September 16 for passing further orders on the issue.

Lawyers Mohammad Shishir Manir and Fawzia Karim Firoze placed arguments for Eriko and Imran respectively while Deputy Attorney General Bepul Bagmar represented the state during the virtual hearing.

The HC bench also ordered the deputy director concerned of Directorate of Social Welfare to supervise the issues involved with the children and also asked the commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police and CID to ensure their security.

Both parents will equally bear the expenses of the residence, their living and relevant issues, the HC said in the order.



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