Aduri’s employer Nodi gets life term for brutal torture

A tribunal in Dhaka yesterday sentenced a female employer to life term imprisonment in a much-talked-about case filed over the brutal torture of housemaid Aduri at a house in the capital's Mirpur, reports UNB.
The convicted employer was Nourin Jahan Nodi.
Judge Joyoshree Samaddar of Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-3 handed down the verdict acquitting her mother Israt Jahan.
The court also fined Tk one lakh to Nodi.
According to the case statement, on September 23, 2013, the 11-year-old domestic help Aduri was found unconscious in a heap of garbage at the capital's Pallabi with severe wounds inflicted by physical abuses.
Later, Aduri's maternal uncle Nazrul Chowdhury filed a case with Pallabi Police Station accusing four people including Nodi and her mother Israt Jahan.
After almost two months treatment at the DMCH, Aduri returned to her village in Patuakhali on November 17, 2013.
After the incident, Aduri's employer Nourin Jahan Nodi and her mother Ishrat Jahan were arrested on charges of abuse the domestic help.

On October 10 of the same year, Sub Inspector Queen Akhter, investigation officer (IO) of the case, submitted the charge sheet against the two accused in the case.
The charge was framed against them on June 6, 2014.
A total of 14 prosecution witnesses gave testimonies before the court during trial proceedings since the trial started against Nodi and her mother Ishrat Jahan on June 6, 2014.
On completion of arguments hearing in the case, the court, on July 9 this year, fixed July 18 to deliver its verdict.

 

Aduris employer Nodi gets life term for brutal torture

A tribunal in Dhaka yesterday sentenced a female employer to life term imprisonment in a much-talked-about case filed over the brutal torture of housemaid Aduri at a house in the capitals Mirpur, reports UNB. The convicted employer was Nourin Jahan Nodi. Judge Joyoshree Samaddar of Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-3 handed down the verdict acquitting her mother Israt Jahan. The court also fined Tk one lakh to Nodi. According to the case statement, on September 23, 2013, the 11-year-old domestic help Aduri was found unconscious in a heap of garbage at the capitals Pallabi with severe wounds inflicted by physical abuses. Later, Aduris maternal uncle Nazrul Chowdhury filed a case with Pallabi Police Station accusing four people including Nodi and her mother Israt Jahan. After almost two months treatment at the DMCH, Aduri returned to her village in Patuakhali on November 17, 2013. After the incident, Aduris employer Nourin Jahan Nodi and her mother Ishrat Jahan were arrested on charges of abuse the domestic help. On October 10 of the same year, Sub Inspector Queen Akhter, investigation officer (IO) of the case, submitted the charge sheet against the two accused in the case. The charge was framed against them on June 6, 2014. A total of 14 prosecution witnesses gave testimonies before the court during trial proceedings since the trial started against Nodi and her mother Ishrat Jahan on June 6, 2014. On completion of arguments hearing in the case, the court, on July 9 this year, fixed July 18 to deliver its verdict.