Court warns ex-DIG's wife for filing false case

A Dhaka court has warned wife of a former deputy inspector general (DIG) of police, who filed a case accusing a doctor couple of torturing a domestic help, not to harass any other citizens by filing cases.

Judge Monowara Begum of the Second Special Tribunal for Prevention of Women and Children Repression issued the order on Monday, clearing Dr Mahbubur Rahman and his wife Dr Begum Ferdousi of the charge and warning the complainant, Anwara Rahman, wife of DIG Anisur Rahman.

The court's warning came after the charge against the couple was found false.

Anwara Rahman filed the case against Dr Rahman and his wife Ferdousi on April 18 for torturing 11-year-old Nasrin Akhter. Uttara police arrested the two the same day immediately after Anwara, landlord of the couple, filed the case under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.

After an investigation, the investigation officer (IO) found the charge to be grounded in falsehood and submitted final report to the court, praying for acquittal of the doctors.

The couple at a press conference in the Court Reporters' Association, Dhaka yesterday said that the complainant had filed another false case against them after the submission of final report by the IO. The complainant and his husband had also threatened to file a dozen such cases against them, they added.