Charges framed against cricketer Shahadat, wife

A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against former Bangladesh cricketer Shahadat Hossain and his wife Jesmine Jahan Nrittya in a case filed for allegedly torturing their 11-year-old domestic help.

Judge Tanjina Ismail of the Fifth Tibunal for Prevention of Women and Children Repression fixed March 20 for starting trial of the case. 

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The same court yesterday rejected a petition seeking discharge of the couple from the charges.

Shahadat and his wife, now on bail, pleaded not guilty and demanded justice after the judge read out the charges brought against them.

On September 6 last year, domestic help Mahfuza Akhtar Happy brought allegations of torture by Shahadat and his wife.

Later, a case was filed against the couple with Mirpur Police Station.

Shahadat was sent to jail by a Dhaka court after he surrendered before it on October 6, two days after police arrested his wife Nrittya.

The cricketer secured bail from the High Court on December 8 last year on health ground while his wife got bail from a Dhaka court on December 1.

Bangladesh Cricket Board temporarily suspended Shahadat on September 13 following the allegations.