Husband seeks compensation of Tk 50m from Japanese wife Eriko

Bangladeshi American Imran Sharif has sent a legal notice to his wife Nakano Eriko, a Japanese citizen, seeking Tk 50 million as compensation—for allegedly exposing derogatory information about him.

Eriko's lawyer Shishir Monir has confirmed the development to Prothom Alo on Tuesday.

He said Imran Sharif has sought Tk 50 million as compensation for revealing defamatory information about him. Otherwise, he threatened to lodge case against Eriko over the matter.

At the directives of the court, Imran-Eriko couple accompanied by their daughters is living in a rented house in Gulshan -1 of Dhaka. The court will issue the further directives over their dispute on 16 September.

On 19 August, Nakano Eriko, a citizen of Japan, filed a petition with the HC seeking its directives to return her two daughters-- Jasmine Malika,11, and Laila Lina, 10---from their Bangladeshi father Sharif Imran.