Daily Star's former executive editor Ashfaqul Haque granted bail
The High Court granted interim bail to his [Ashfaqul's] wife Tania Khondoker on 22 April
The High Court today granted bail to former Daily Star executive editor Syed Ashfaqul Haque in a case filed over the death of teenage maid Preeti Urang due to negligence.
The HC bench of Justice Md Rezaul Hasan and Justice Fahmida Quader passed the order after disposing of a rule issued in this regard, said Ashfaqul Haque's lawyer Md Khurshid Alam Khan.
"The High Court granted interim bail to his [Ashfaqul's] wife Tania Khondoker on 22 April. Additionally, the High Court issued a ruling asking why Ashfaqul Haque should not be granted bail. The court later settled the ruling and granted him bail," said Khurshid Alam.
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Preeti Urang, daughter of a tea worker in Sylhet's Moulvibazar, fell to her death from the eighth-floor apartment of Syed Ashfaqul Haque in Dhaka on 6 February.
The next day, her father, Lukesh Urang, filed a case with Mohammadpur police station, against Ashfaqul Haque and his wife Tania Khondoker.
Following the filing of the case, both accused were promptly arrested.
The couple failed to secure bail after filing petitions several times in the lower court. Later, they appealed to the High Court.
Meanwhile, Syed Ashfaqul Haque was terminated from Daily Star on 2 April.
Last year, another teenage maid fell from Ashfaqul's apartment and suffered severe injuries.
