Two Japanese Kids Will Stay with Parents for 15 Days

The High Court (HC) granted Japanese citizen Nakano Erico and Bangladeshi-American Sharif Imran permission to stay with their two children in a rented house in the capital's Gulshan for 15 days on Tuesday.

Commissioner Mohammad Shafiqul Islam of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) would be in charge of their safety. The matter will be supervised by the Department of Social Services' Deputy Director.

The order was issued on Tuesday by a virtual bench consisting of Justice Enayetur Rahim and Justice Mostafizur Rahman. The meeting was called in response to a petition from a Bengali father and a Japanese mother, who requested that the two children be kept in a better hotel rather than a Victim Support Center.

On July 11, 2008, Japanese doctor Nakano Erico, 48, and Bangladeshi-American Sharif Imran, 58, married according to Japanese law. In their 12 years of marriage, they moved to Tokyo and had three kids.