Shahadat Hossain jailed for torturing child maid

Shahadat Hossain jailed for torturing child maid: Fugitive Bangladesh cricketer Shahadat Hossain was remanded in jail on Monday shortly after he surrendered to a court over allegations of beating his 11-year-old maid, his lawyer said. The cricketer surrendered to the court one day after his wife, Nritto Shahadat, was arrested on Sunday at her parents’ home in Dhaka.

Hossain, who has played 38 Tests for Bangladesh, went into hiding more than three weeks ago after police sought his arrest for allegedly abusing the girl he employed illegally in his home.

Hossain’s lawyer, Kazi Nazibullah Hiru, told the court in Dhaka that the paceman was a national hero who should be released on bail because his country needed him in the Bangladesh side. The court however sent him to jail after rejecting the bail plea. Shehzad and his wife went into hiding shortly after the allegations surfaced last month.

The 29-year-old cricketer, who has also played 51 one-day internationals for Bangladesh, was suspended from all forms of the game by Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on September 13 over the allegations.

Hossain had filed a police complaint on September 6 claiming his housemaid had gone missing. But hours later, the 11-year-old girl was found crying in a street in the capital. When she was taken to a local police station, she accused the cricketer and his wife of regular torture. 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

Hossain was the first Bangladesh player to have his name added to the Lord’s honours board when he took five for 98 against England in May 2010.