SC stays DNA test on ex-DIG's wife, kids
Unb, Dhaka
The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday stayed for a month the operation of a High Court (HC) order asking the ex-DIG of police to send his wife along with her septuplets to Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore for DNA test to prove the parentage of the babies. Chamber court of Justice Amirul Kabir Chowdhury passed the interim order upon an application filed by Alena Khan, executive director of Bangladesh Society for Enforcement of Human Rights (BSEHR). On June 18, the High Court issued the order for DNA test abroad following a public interest litigation (PIL) writ filed by Bangladesh National Woman Lawyers Association (BNWLA) seeking custody of the seven infants, airing doubt about parenthood of the children and apprehending a racket for trafficking them out. The HC had also given a four-month deadline to comply with its order for the ex-DIG, Anisur Rahman, the disputed father, to submit the DNA test report. Dr M Zahir, the counsel for Alena Khan, submitted before the chamber court that apprehension is not ruled out that if the seven infants along with her, the disputed mother, left Singapore for DNA test, they might not return home. "Besides, during the hearing of the writ petition, the information about the refusal to have the DNA test at Dhaka Medical College despite a magistrate's court orders was not mentioned,” the counsel said.
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