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| Three domestic helps flee judge's flat breaking window |
| 2014-09-09 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] Law enforcers yesterday rescued three children, who were working as domestic help at a flat of Additional District Judge of Narayanganj Niazi Shahidul Alam Chowdhury, from the capital's Shantinagar area. They were rescued by the police around 3pm while hanging from a sun-shed outside a third-floor flat of the multi-storey building. They were taken to the Victim Support Centre (VSC) after receiving treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. The trio were identified as Fatema Akther, 13, Kulsum Begum, 12, and Mohammad Shamim, 11. They tried to get rid of torture of the landlord, Parul Akhter, sub-inspector of the VSC, told the Dhaka Tribune quoting the three. She said: "We have already contacted with the parents of these children. They all are from Mymensingh. Among them, Kulsum and Shamim are cousins while Fatema is their relative." Police were informed by locals that three children had been stranded on a sun-shed holding a sewerage pipe of Kulsum Tower of Shantinagar. Then a team of fire service unit rushed to the spot and recovered the children from the place safely, said Ataur Rahman, duty officer of fire service control room. The children sustained minor injuries while climbing down using the pipe from the sixth floor. They came out of the flat after breaking the kitchen's window since the door was locked from outside. Moshiur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Ramna police, told the Dhaka Tribune: "The children informed us that Kulsum came to work in that house first about three years back. Fatema came around one year ago while Shamim joined a couple of months back. They claimed that even though they used to work hard, the landlord used to torture them even for a minor mistake. They were even barred from contacting their families at home which prompted them to escape. They had been planning to escape the flat for sometime, but could not be successful as their employer always go out locking the flat's gate. The gate was locked yesterday too. Then with the help of iron rod and hacksaw blade they cut the window grill and used the pipe to climb down. Later they were stuck on the sun-shed of the third floor. Asked about taking action against the landlord, the Ramna OC said they had already contacted with the wife of additional judge, Shamima Shahid. "They told us that they were also confused why the children tried to go out of building this way." The couple stayed in the flat with their only child. Moshiur added that they were verifying the claims made by the children. The police are also waiting for the family members of the children. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Rascals! I hope they're not too hard on them. The children I mean. I'm sure it will result in lashes for the three little urchins. |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2014-09-09 18:29 |