A court here on Thursday placed singer Krishnakali’s husband Md Khaliqur Rahman Orko on a 2-day remand in connection with the ‘suicide’ of their domestic help at their Taltola residence in the capital.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Nuru Miah passed the order after Sushil Chandra Barman, sub-inspector of Sher-e-Banglanagar Police Station, produced him before the court seeking a 5-day remand for interrogation.
Jannat Akter Shilpi, a domestic help of Krishnakali’s house, was found hanging in a room of her Taltola Mollapara residence at around 3:30 pm on Wednesday, said SI Sushil.
She was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where doctors pronounced her dead. After announcement of her death, duty officer of DMCH police camp detained Orko and then informed Sher-e-Banglanagar police station, he said.
Then a team of police took Orko to the police station from DMCH police camp.
A general diary was registered with the police station in this connection. He was shown arrested under section 54 and sent to the court.
