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under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act with Uttara West Police Station on Sunday.

Rejecting their bail petitions, a court sent the arrestees to jail in the afternoon, said Sub-Inspector Romer Mia, the investigation officer.

According to the forwarding letter, the complainant said he left his daughter in the custody of Shafiqur and Bithi in late June 2025 after they promised to bear her future expenses, including marriage.

He said he last saw the child in good health on November 2, 2025, but was later repeatedly prevented from seeing her. On January 31, 2026, Bithi called him and said the girl was sick and asked him to take her home.

The father alleged that when he went to their residence around 7:00pm that day, the accused handed over the child with severe injuries to both hands and other parts of her body, and she was unable to speak properly. The child was admitted to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital.

According to the document, the child told her father that she had been beaten several times on different occasions. She was also burned with a heated metal tool by the two accused and unidentified others after his visit on November 2.

Police said Rupali was sent to jail along with her two breastfeeding children as no guardian was available to take custody of them.

Shafiqur was appointed managing director and chief executive officer of Biman Bangladesh Airlines on September 4, 2024.