A Dhaka court has granted five days’ remand for former Biman Bangladesh Airlines Managing Director and CEO Shafikur Rahman, and seven days for his wife Bithi, in a case involving the alleged torture of an eleven-year-old domestic worker. The order was issued on Tuesday by Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Zakir Hossain. The court also approved five days’ remand for domestic worker Rupali Khatun and six days for Mosha. Sufia Begum. All four accused were produced before the court under tight security before the hearing.

According to the case statement, the child’s father, hotel worker Golam Mostafa, had sent his daughter to work at Shafikur Rahman’s Uttara residence in June of the previous year. He last saw her in November, after which the accused allegedly prevented further contact. On January 31, Bithi informed him that his daughter was ill, and when he retrieved her, he found severe injuries on her body. The girl later told investigators she had been beaten and burned with a heated kitchen tool by the accused.

The court had earlier sent the four accused to jail on February 2, and the investigating officer sought seven days’ remand for each on February 8.