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A Saudi court sentenced to death Saudi housewife Ayesha Al Jizani, the main defendant in the murder of Bangladeshi domestic worker Abiron Begum. The Riyadh criminal court announced the verdict last Sunday. The death penalty was imposed on the main defendant, housewife Ayesha Al Jizani, for a premeditated murder. The court also sentenced Basim Salem to three years and two months in prison and fined him 50,000 Saudi Riyals (Tk 11.26 lakh in Bangladeshi currency) on separate charges of destroying evidence, sending Abiron Begum to work outside of your home and not providing medical treatment.
The court found no evidence of cooperation in the murder of Walid Bassem Salem, the teenage son of another Saudi couple. However, Abiran Begum was ordered to stay in the juvenile correctional facility for seven months for not cooperating in various ways. The court said there was an opportunity to appeal the verdict in the next 30 days. The court expressed its regret over Abiron’s death. The court also ruled that the trial would be completed in accordance with Saudi Sharia law by revealing the actual cause of the murder.
Abiran Begum, a Bangladeshi domestic worker, died on March 24, 2019 in Azizia, the capital of Saudi Arabia, in Azizia, Riyadh.
The first secretary of the embassy labor wing to handle Abiron Begum’s case in the seventh court of the Riyadh Criminal Court. Shafiqul Islam and legal assistant Sohail Ahmed were present.
Bangladeshi Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Mohammad Jabed Ahmed Patwari thanked the Saudi government for ensuring justice by announcing the verdict in the murder case of BPM (Bar) Abiran Begum.
On Monday, Abiran’s father, Anshar Sardar, told reporters of the court’s verdict: “I received a fair trial to kill my daughter. I thank the governments of Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia for this. If the sentence is carried out now. , my daughter’s soul will have peace. ‘
Abiran Begum, daughter of Khulna’s Paikgachha, officially went to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2016 to work as a domestic worker. After two years and three months, Abiron returned home in 2019 as a corpse. Abiron’s death certificate, which was with the body, said the cause of death was Murder. Meijo was one of the six sisters. She went abroad to cover her sisters’ education and family expenses.
Human rights activists and women’s immigration activists say there is little precedent for a state-initiated trial and verdict in Bangladesh after Bangladeshi workers were tortured or killed in Saudi Arabia. The first official hearing in the Abiron murder case was held in Saudi Arabia on December 16. In a notification issued by the Ministry of Welfare for Expatriates and Employment Abroad, the Minister of Welfare for Expatriates and Employment Abroad, Imran Ahmed, said that the ministry would provide all possible assistance to ensure justice for expatriate workers.
According to BMET sources, the bodies of more than 500 female workers have returned to the country from Saudi Arabia in the past five years. Most of these women are victims of physical and mental abuse and sexual abuse in the country.
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