A Dhaka court yesterday granted ad-interim bail to Jesmin Jahan Nitto Shahadat, wife of national cricketer Kazi Shahadat Hossain, in a case filed against them for torturing their domestic help.
Metropolitan Session’s Judge Md Kamrul Hossain Molla passed the order after hearing the bail petition filed by Jesmin’s counsel Kazi Md Najib Ullah Hiru on October 27. After the hearing, the court granted her bail until January 17 next year as she is a mother of an infant.
The defense counsel said: “Jesmin has to breastfeed her nine-month-old baby but she has been languishing in jail from October 5. So she should receive bail for the welfare and betterment of the infant.”
Earlier, police arrested Jesmin from Malibagh area in the capital on October 4. Later, a Dhaka court sent her to jail rejecting both her bail petition and remand petition.
On September 7, Khandaker Mojammel Hossain, who claimed to be a journalist, filed the case against the couple with Mirpur Model police station under Section 4 (2) of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act 2000 for torturing their domestic help Happy.
