Court Correspondent :
A Dhaka court yesterday approved bail for actress Simon Hasan Eka in a case lodged against her for abusing her domestic help.
The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Judge Mamunur Rashid granted the bail petition on Sunday on a bond of Tk 10,000.
The recent development cleared the way for her release from the jail, her lawyers told the
media people. She had previously secured bail in a Narcotics case on August 10. On July 31, police raided the actress’s home after her house help Hajera Begum called the emergency telephone line 999.
“Despite working for three months, she had yet to receive her wages,” said Hatirjheel Police OC Abdur Rashid. Hajera claimed she was beaten when she asked for her arrear salary. She had an injury on her head, OC Rashid added. According to the Narcotics case file, police found five Yaba tablets, 50 grams of marijuana, and alcohol during the raid.
That night Hajera filed a case under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act against her employer Eka, the Narcotics case was filed by police.
Police had sought a remand order to interrogate the actress, but the court turned it down.
Eka, a popular actress in the nineties, starred in over 30 Bangladeshi films. However, she has not acted in any films for over a decade.
