Cricketer Al-Amin charged over torturing his wife

Mirpur police today pressed charges against Bangladesh cricketer Al-Amin Hossain in a case filed on charge of torturing his wife Ishrat Jahan and demanding dowry from her.

Inspector Md Sohel Rana of Mirpur Model Police Station, also the investigation officer of the case, submitted the charge sheet against Al-Amin to the Dhaka's Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court.

According to the charge sheet, the charges brought against the cricketer were primarily proved and he should be brought under trial.

On September 6 last year, the High Court granted eight weeks' anticipatory bail to Al-Amin after he surrendered before it in the case.

Ishrat filed the complaint with Mirpur Police Station on September 1 the same year alleging that Al-Amin tortured and physically abused her for dowry of Tk 20 lakh.

On September 7 the same year, Ishrat filed another case with a Dhaka court claiming Tk 1,00,000 as maintenance per month under Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act, 2010.