A mother yesterday sued her son for not taking care of her in Chapainawabganj.
This is the first time somebody filed such a case with a court in the district.
The case in details is that elderly woman Gulfun Nesa Gulu, wife of late Saidur Rahman, hails from Chouhodditola Moholla in Chapainawabganj municipality.
She was abandoned by her husband when her son Masud Rana was a young child. She brought up her son with much difficulty and married him off to a girl.
Nine years ago, she sent her son abroad on a labour visa. Ever since, he had been taking care of her and his wife and children. After returning home and marrying another girl two months ago, he stopped taking care of them.
On November 22, the elderly woman went to her son and sought financial support from him for her and his son’s first wife and children, but he shouted insults at her and threw her out.
The elderly woman believed that her son had stopped supporting her and her first wife and children after having been provoked by his second wife Duliara.
Under the Parents Care Act 2013, she filed this case with the chief judicial magistrate’s court against five persons, including her son and his second wife, on November 24.
Her lawyer Zakir Hossain said it is the first time somebody lodged such a case under the act passed last year. He hoped that the elderly woman would get justice in the case.
The law has the provision of Tk2 lakh as fine and, in default, six months jail term for violation of the law.
