A Dhaka court on Thursday advised the Japanese mother and Bangladeshi father to reconcile and start a family together.
Dhaka District and Sessions Judge Habibur Rahman Bhuiya said this while accepting an appeal on the custody of the children.
On February 1, the appeal was filed on behalf of Imran Sharif, the father of two children, in the district judge court of Dhaka. The court fixed February 16 as the date for hearing the matter.
Earlier, the court dismissed the case filed by the father seeking custody and guardianship of the two children.
Dhaka Family Court on January 29 granted custody of Nakano Jasmine Malika, 12, and Nakano Laila Lina, 10, to their mother Japanese citizen Eriko Nakano.
Eriko Nakano married Bangladesh-born US citizen Imran Sharif in 2008 in Japan. They became parents of three children after that. In 2020, Eriko filed a divorce petition with Japanese court. Imran after that took two of their daughters with him and came to Bangladesh.
Eriko too came to Bangladesh and filed petition after petition with apex court for the custody of the two 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 is being asked to ensure the safety of this family.
The court finally came up with its order as the couple failed to reach a 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 Supreme Court, however, on February 13, 2022, said, until the disposal of the case by Dhaka family court, the two children will remain in the custody of their mother, while their father can meet them in the house.
