Bangladesh's Shahadat bailed in child maid abuse case: lawyer
The country's court bailed cricketer until March 31; deputy attorney general's office is preparing appeal to SC
Shahadat Hussain. PHOTO: REUTERS
DHAKA:
Bangladesh Test cricketer Shahadat Hossain was granted bail Tuesday after being detained over allegations of beating a child maid, a prosecution lawyer said.
The country's court bailed Shahadat until March 31 but deputy attorney general Moniruzzaman Kabir said his office was preparing to lodge an appeal to the supreme court.
Fugitive Bangladesh cricketer jailed over child maid torture
"The High Court has accepted Shahadat's bail plea today after it was earlier rejected by the lower court," Kabir, the representative of the alleged 11-year-old victim, told AFP.
Shahadat, who has played 38 Tests for Bangladesh, has been in custody since October 5 when he handed himself into police, a day after his wife Nritto Shahadat was arrested in the same case. She was granted bail last week.
Bangladesh cricketer's wife arrested over maid torture
Both face charges of assaulting a child and employing a minor.
The couple went into hiding after police raided their house in September as their maid was found crying on a street in the capital Dhaka.
Bangladesh cricketer suspended for 'beating child maid'
The child has told police and local media that the couple beat and tortured her, while television footage showed her looking frail and thin with swollen black eyes.
Police have said one of her hands had been burnt with a hot cooking paddle, while other injury marks were also found on her body.
Bangladesh Test cricketer Shahadat Hossain was granted bail Tuesday after being detained over allegations of beating a child maid, a prosecution lawyer said.
The country's court bailed Shahadat until March 31 but deputy attorney general Moniruzzaman Kabir said his office was preparing to lodge an appeal to the supreme court.
Fugitive Bangladesh cricketer jailed over child maid torture
"The High Court has accepted Shahadat's bail plea today after it was earlier rejected by the lower court," Kabir, the representative of the alleged 11-year-old victim, told AFP.
Shahadat, who has played 38 Tests for Bangladesh, has been in custody since October 5 when he handed himself into police, a day after his wife Nritto Shahadat was arrested in the same case. She was granted bail last week.
Bangladesh cricketer's wife arrested over maid torture
Both face charges of assaulting a child and employing a minor.
The couple went into hiding after police raided their house in September as their maid was found crying on a street in the capital Dhaka.
Bangladesh cricketer suspended for 'beating child maid'
The child has told police and local media that the couple beat and tortured her, while television footage showed her looking frail and thin with swollen black eyes.
Police have said one of her hands had been burnt with a hot cooking paddle, while other injury marks were also found on her body.