Bangladesh national team cricketer Al-Amin Hossain has divorced his wife Ishrat Jahan.
Al-Amin appeared before the court of Dhaka's Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Md Tofazzel Hossain on Thursday and submitted a seven-page statement where he mentioned that he divorced his wife on August 25 for marital bitterness and immoral activities.
His lawyer Shamsuzzaman confirmed the matter.
A hearing on the matter will be held after five days, the lawyer added.
Meanwhile, Al Amin's wife said, "I didn’t get any divorce paper and not getting fair trial. I want justice,"
On September 27, Al-Amin received a bail from a Dhaka court in a case filed by his wife over family violence. The court granted him the eight weeks' anticipatory bail till October 6 upon a bond of Tk 5,000 after he surrendered before it in another case filed on charges of torturing his wife and demanding dowry from her..
On August 25 last, Al Amin approached to his wife Ishrat and demanded Tk 20 lakh dowry from her to buy a flat. When Ishrat refused to bring any money from his parents, Al-Amin injured Ishrat punching and kicking her indiscriminately. He also told her that he would not live with her anymore. Ishrat Jahan then phoned on 999 and police rescued her arriving at her flat. She then took treatment at Suhrawardy Hospital.
Ishrat then filed a case against Al Amin with Mirpur Model Police Station on September 7. In the case, she alleged that Al-Amin tortured and abused her for dowry of Tk 20 lakh.
Around 10:00pm on September 3, Al-Amin's mother telephoned Ishrat and said her son would not continue conjugal life and would not provide her any maintenance. If necessary, he would divorce Ishrat kicking out of her and her sons from the flat. He also sent a photo clicked with another girl to Ishrat, the complainant alleged.
Ishrat also alleged that Al-Amin had not been take care of Ishrat and her sons for two years. She also claimed Tk 40,000 for meeting the expenses of family and Tk 60,000 for the education of two sons in English medium per month.
