Cricketer Shahadat sent to jail

A Dhaka court has sent national team cricketer Kazi Shahadat Hossain to jail after rejecting his bail petition in a case filed for torturing an 11-year-old domestic help.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Yusuf Hossain passed the order on Monday afternoon.

Shahadat surrendered before the court two days after police arrested his wife from one of her relatives’ house at Malibagh in Dhaka.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Yunus Khan allowed police to interrogate Nrittya Shahadat at jail gate for three days within five working days, rejecting both bail and five-day remand prayer for her.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has banned Shahadat from all forms of cricket until the conclusion of the case.