Cops seek 7-day remand for Shahadat

Investigators today sought a seven-day remand for quizzing national cricketer Shahadat Hossain in connection with allegation of torture of his domestic help.

Shafiqur Rahman, officer-in-charge (investigation), of Mirpur Model Police Station, submitted the petition with the Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court of Dhaka.

The court will hold a hearing on the petition tomorrow.

Earlier on Monday, a Dhaka court sent suspended national cricketer Shahadat Hossain to jail after he surrendered before it seeking bail in a case filed for torturing his 11-year-old domestic help.

Metropolitan Magistrate Md Yousuf Hossain passed the order after denying Shahadat's bail petition considering the seriousness of the allegations brought against him in the first information report of the case.

Shahadat surrendered two days after police arrested his wife Jesmine Jahan Nrittya at one of her relatives' house at Malibagh in Dhaka.

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

On September 6, domestic help Mahfuza Akhtar Happy brought the allegations of torture by Shahadat and his wife. Later, a case was filed against the couple with Mirpur Police Station.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) temporarily suspended Shahadat on September 13 following the allegation.