Shami charged with violence, attempt to murder, poisoning in wife's police FIR
BY MPOST BUREAU10 March 2018 12:03 AM IST
MPOST BUREAU10 March 2018 12:03 AM IST
KOLKATA: Indian cricketer Mohammed Shami was on Friday charged with attempt to murder in Kolkata by a complaint filed by his wife Hasin Jahan. Seven charges have been levelled against the India fast bowler, one of them being attempt to murder by "food poisoning and physical attack". A rape charge has also been levelled against Shami's elder brother. Shami has been charged under sections 498 A, 323, 307, 376, 506, 328, 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The Indian cricketer's wife Hasin Jahan posted screenshots on her Facebook account of Shami's alleged WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger conversations with multiple women. She also uploaded photos and phone numbers of the women. Hasin Jahan alleged that Shami, 27, and members of his family had even tried to kill her.
Hasin Jahan had alleged that Shami physically assaulted her after returning from the South Africa tour last month.
"Shami abused me and started beating me even after returning from South Africa. He has been doing this for quite some time now, and now I have had enough," she said.
"I gave him enough time (to rectify mistakes) and tried to calm myself down, but instead of accepting his own mistakes, he used to vent his anger on me and even threaten me, asking to keep mum for my goodwill," she added.
It may be mentioned that Hasin went to the Kolkata Police headquarters at Lalbazar and met the Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime), Praveen Tripathi.
She lodged a complaint with Jadavpur Police station on Thursday and by her "written complaint" the case has been registered. Besides Shami, cases have also been registered against four others.
Hasin in her complaint alleges "…continuous mental and physical torture by husband Mohammad Shami, brother-in-law Md Hasib Ahamed, his wife Shama Parveen, mother-in-law Anjuman Ara Begum and sister-in-law Sabina Ahjum."
A senior officer of the Kolkata Police said in this connection that they are looking into the matter carefully and the case has been registered after going through the details of Hasin's "written complaint".
The complaint was initially lodged with Jadavpur Police Station. It has been finally taken up by the Women's Grievance (WG) Cell of the city police.
The officers of the WG cell are now going through all details of the matter. They also spoke to some in this connection. The officer said that if it is necessary then "statements of the persons against whom the complaints were lodged will be taken."
After his wife posted screenshots of his alleged 'WhatsApp' and 'Facebook Messenger' conversations with multiple women on her Facebook account, Shami posted a message on his Twitter handle.
In his tweet, Shami said that this was a conspiracy against him and being done to hamper his game.
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