Torture on domestic help: Cricketer Shahadat, wife acquitted

Former national cricketer Shahadat Hossain and his wife Jesmine Jahan Nrittya were acquitted in a case filed over

torturing their domestic help.

Judge Tanjina Ismail of the Chief Tribunal for Prevention of Women and Children Repression of Dhaka acquitted the couple as the prosecution failed to prove the allegations against them, the judge said.

The judge pronounced the verdict at a jam packed court room in presence of the two.

On October 27, Shahadat and his wife pleaded not guilty and demanded justice after the court read out the charges to them.

The domestic help, Mahfuza Akhtar Happy, brought the allegation of torture against the couple on September 6 last year. Later, a case was filed against them with Mirpur Police Station.

Police on December 27, 2015 pressed charges against the two.

Earlier, seven prosecution witnesses, including complainant and the victim of the case, gave their statements before the court.

Of them, Happy, in her August 25 statement, said Shahadat and his wife Nrittya did not torture her.