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Rahman was captured last month at an airport in Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar and brought back to Calgary on Jan. 17.

Police say the boy, now seven, was reunited with his mother just before Christmas.

Prosecutor Colin Schulhauser told Rahman’s bail hearing Friday it has not been an easy reunion.

"She reports he is completely alienated from her, he has been taught to hate her and the reintegration has been quite difficult," he said.

In an unusual move, details of the bail hearing were not subject to a publication ban.

None of the accusations have been proven in court.

Schulhauser told the court that Rahman extensively planned the alleged abduction, including forging documents, buying overseas property and attempting to create a new identity for his son.

He said there are documents showing Rahman transferred more than US$561,000 between June 2022 and July 2022. There were also transfers of 3 million Turkish lira — worth CAD$95,000 — to Turkey.

Investigators believe the pair had fled first to Turkey and then hopped to countries from Asia to the South Pacific, including Russia, Azerbaijan and Vanuatu.

Schulhauser said Rahman is accused of receiving an overpayment of $1.6 million from Alberta Health.

"There are multiple reasons for this accused to leave Canada and there are no reasonable conditions that ... could contain him or force him to remain. The accused has no ties to Calgary, Alberta or Canada," said Schulhauser.

"The accused has multiple citizenships in countries that do not have extradition agreements with Canada.

“Alberta Health is trying to obtain $1.6 million dollars from him. He is facing a significant prison term if he is convicted. He has no friends and no family."

The search involved partnerships with several organizations including the RCMP, Global Affairs Canada, the ºÃÉ«tv Central Authority and Interpol, which sent out international alerts for both the suspect and the child, which ultimately led to an arrest.

Rahman's lawyer, Lakhwinder Sandhu said his client did not delay his return to Canada to face charges. He said his client believed he had the legal right to take his son.

"At the end of the day this will trial will be a (case of) he said, she said. He's going to say I was allowed to travel with the child abroad," said Sandhu.

The judge is scheduled to give a decision on bail on Monday.

This report by ºÃÉ«tvwas first published January 23, 2026.