Arrest warrant issued against cricketer Al-Amin

The Report Desk

Published: October 12, 2022, 03:03 PM

Arrest warrant issued against cricketer Al-Amin

A Dhaka court has issued an arrest warrant against Bangladesh cricketer Al-Amin Hossain in a domestic violence case filed by his wife.

 

Dhaka additional metropolitan magistrate Tofazzal Hossain issued the warrant as the pacer did not appear before the court on Wednesday.

 

Earlier on September 27, Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Shafi Uddin granted Al-Amin bail till October 6 on a bond of Tk 5,000.

 

Al-Amin submitted an affidavit to the court, claiming he divorced Israt on August 25 the same day.

 

But, during the hearing, Shamsuzzaman, counsel of Al-Amin's wife Israt, claimed that his client had no idea about the divorce claim by the accused.

 

The case was by his wife on September 7.

 

Judge Shafi Uddin of the court took the case into cognizance and had asked Al-Amin to appear before the court.

 

According to the case statement, Al-Amin married Ishrat on December 26, 2012, and his wife subsequently gave birth to two sons.

 

Ishrat also claimed that Al-Amin did not provide her maintenance and educational expenses for the two sons for many days, it said.

 

Al-Amin demanded Tk 20 lakh as dowry from his wife and used to beat her as she had refused to pay the amount. He also drove her out of the house with their two children on August 25, it added.

 

On September 1, Israt lodged a complaint with Mirpur Model police against him over torturing her for dowry. Later, police registered a case.

 

On September, 3, Al Amin through her mother sent a message to Israt that he will not provide her maintenance and divorced her.

 

On September 6, the High Court granted Al-Amin anticipatory bail for eight weeks in the case over the torture of his wife for dowry.

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