Shami booked for domestic violence, attempt to murder
KOLKATA: Police have charged India pace bowler Mohammed Shami and his brother under sections of the Indian Penal Code related to rape, domestic violence and causing hurt with poison following a complaint by Hasin Jahan, the wife of the cricketer.
The sections invoked against the 27-year-old, who made his one-day international debut for India in January 2013, and his brother include 307 (attempt to murder), 498A (domestic violence), 506 (criminal intimidation), 328 (causing hurt by means of poison), 34 (acts by several persons in furtherance of common intention) and 376 (rape). The last section was brought only against his elder brother. Offences under some sections are non-bailable and carry prison terms of up to 10 years or more.
“My husband’s elder brother, Hasib Ahmad, raped me when I went to my in-laws’ place in Uttar Pradesh last year,” Jahan said on Friday.
Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar and joint commissioner (crime) Praveen Kumar Tripathi did not respond to calls and text messages.
“I have been informed by Kolkata Police officers over phone that they have slapped non-bailable sections against Shami and starting a case against him,” said Zakir Hossain, Jahan’s lawyer.
Shami and Jahan were married on April 7, 2014, about two years after they met at a Kolkata Knight Riders party. They have a two-and-a-half-year old daughter.
Jahan said around noon on Friday that she was yet to be called by the police for recording her statement.
Although Shami hails from Uttar Pradesh, he represents Bengal in domestic cricket. He lives with his wife and daughter near the upscale South City Mall in south Kolkata.