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► 329 housemaids killed in 10 years ► Culture of impunity, lax monitoring blamed
Many domestic workers are still falling victims to different types of violence, including killing, rape and physical torture, across the country though the government formulated a policy to protect their rights. As the incidents of housemaid abuse are taking place frequently, rights activists have blamed culture of impunity, settlement of the cases in exchange of money, influence by the powerful employers of the workers in trial process and lack of vigilance by law enforcement agencies for such violence. The Domestic Workers Protection and Welfare Policy, 2015, formulated by the government, has some specific provisions to ensure physical and mental welfare of domestic helps, good behaviour from employers, regular payment of their wages and alimony as well as granting sufficient vacations. ....
Bangladesh couple held for brutally torturing minor house help A couple in Bangladesh was detained for the alleged brutal torture of their minor house help. DHAKA: A couple in Bangladesh was detained for the alleged brutal torture of their minor house help. Md Tanvir Ahsan, an NGO official, and his wife Nahid, a lawyer by profession, were detained on Saturday night from Shegunbagicha in Dhaka s Topkhana Road area. The 12-year-old minor, identified as Sweety from Kishoreganj s Mithamoin Upazila, was rescued by the police admitted to the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH). According to the police, she had marks of severe injuries. ....
Couple held for torturing 12-yr-old domestic help in city Sun Online Desk 4th July, 2021 01:02:59 PM Police detained a couple for allegedly torturing their minor house maid from Topkhana Road area in the capital on Saturday night. The arrestees are identified as Md Tanvir Ahsan and his wife Nahid, a lawyer by profession. Sweety, 12, hailing from Kishoreganj s Mithamoin Upazila, was admitted to one-stop crisis centre at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) for treatment. On Saturday night, one of their neighbours posted some photos of the maid Sweety on Facebook and requested help from law enforcement agency. The post was noticed by a journalist who forwarded the information to the media and public relations wing of Bangladesh Police. ....
According to police, the girl has bruises, including on her face, and burn wounds on her hip. A team of police rescued her after a neighbour of Sweety s employer shared her photographs on social media which a journalist later forwarded to the police s official Facebook page, Sohel Rana, assistant inspector general (Media) of Police Headquarters, told The Daily Star. Sweety. Photo: collected Police detained the couple Tanvir Ahsan and his wife Advocate Nahid who employed the victim, from a disadvantaged family in Kishoreganj s Mithamoin Upazila, nine months back, he said. Jahangir Hossain, a sub-inspector of Shahbagh Police Station, said the girl told police that the couple used to torture her on regular basis over trivial matter. ....
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