Dhaka, April 28 -- A Dhaka court on Tuesday granted bail to former Managing Director and CEO of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, Shafiqur Rahman, in a case filed over the alleged torture of a child domestic worker.

Dhaka's Third Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Moin Uddin Chowdhury granted him bail on a bond of Tk 5,000 until submission of the police report.

Defense lawyer Khorshed Alam applied for the bail.

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The case was filed on February 1 by Golam Mostafa, the father of the victim, against Shafiqur Rahman, his wife Bithi, and two domestic helps- Rupali Khatun and Sufia Begum.

Following the case, all the accused were arrested.

On February 2, a court rejected...