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High Court Hands Over That Detained Girl to Canadian Govt

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The High Court has handed over a 19-year-old Canadian (Bangladeshi descent) girl, who has been forcefully detained for 10 months at her parents' house in the North Mugda of the capital, to her country's government representatives.

A High Court bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice SM Moniruzzaman passed the order on Sunday (April 18).

Barrister Sara Hossain was in favor of the writ petition. The girl's father was present in the court. Representatives of the Canadian High Commission were also present.

On April 5, the High Court directed to produce a 19-year-old Canadian girl who had been forcefully detained for 10 months at her parents' house in the North Mugda of the capital. Mugda police and her parents were asked to produce the girl before court. At the same time, the court issued a rule asking why it would not be illegal to detain a 19-year-old girl for 10 months without her consent.

According to the writ petition, the young woman was born in Canada. She is a Canadian citizen by birth and studied at a university in Canada. Her parents also lived in Canada. 10 months ago her parents brought her here saying they would take her on a trip to Bangladesh. The young woman then tried to return to Canada but was not allowed to do so.

According to the writ petition, the girl's mobile phone was snatched from her and her grandmother and mother detained her in their house. At one point, the young woman told the Canadian government and the Canadian High Commission in Dhaka on a land phone that she had been forcibly placed under house arrest. The young woman expressed her desire to return to Canada.

Later on February 9, a general diary was filed at the Mugda police station in the capital from the Canadian High Commission. The human rights group Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) then filed a writ petition in the High Court on behalf of the High Commission. The IG of Police, Dhaka Metropolitan 

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