Japanese mother wins custody of two daughters

Court Correspondent :
A Dhaka family court yesterday gave custody of two children to their mother Japanese citizen Eriko Nakano.
Judge Durrana Rahman of a Dhaka Family Court pronounced the verdict this noon, saying the mother can take the two children daughter Makano Jasmine Malika and Makano Laila Lina to Japan with her, if she wants.
The court said it reached to the decision, focusing on the well-being of two children.
Eriko Nakano married Bangladesh-born US citizen Imran Sharif in 2008 in Japan. Later, they became parents of three children. In 2020, Eriko filed a divorce petition with Japanese court. Thereafter, Imran took two of their daughters
with him and came to Bangladesh. Eriko too came to Bangladesh and filed a petition with the apex court for the custody of the children.
The High Court on August 31, 2021, had ordered Imran Sharif and Nakano Eriko to live at a Gulshan flat together for 15 days with their two daughters. The court had asked Department of Social Services to look over the matter and the Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police was asked to ensure the safety of this family.
The court finally came up with its order as the estranged couple could not reach to consensus on where and with whom their two daughters Makano Jasmine Malika and Makano Laila Lina will live, in spite of repeated instructions from the court.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court however, on February 13, 2022, said, until the disposal of the case by a Dhaka family court, the two children will remain in the custody of their mother, while their father can meet them in the house.