Cricketer Mohammed Shami, who is charged with domestic violence and adultery by his estranged wife Hasin Jahan, has been asked to appear tomorrow by the Kolkata Police, and he stayed back in Kolkata while his team Delhi daredevils left for Bengaluru.
A Cricket Association of Bengal official told PTI that the Delhi Daredevils pacer who played against the Kolkata Knight Riders in an IPL match at the Eden Gardens yesterday night, did not travel with the team for their away match against the Royal Challengers Bangalore on April 21.
Kolkata Police sources said Shami has been summoned tomorrow afternoon but it’s attained that Shami has expressed his inability to be present at that time and has asked his lawyers to inform the authorities.
Shami was in Kolkata for the first time since his wife Hasin Jahan made startling revelations on her Facebook page about his extra-marital affairs and domestic abuse.
Shami denied all the allegations made against him, however Hasin Jahan registered a FIR against Shami and his family members under non bailable sections of the Indian penal code. The 28-year-old pacer was charged under various non-bailable and bailable sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), following a complaint filed by his wife. He was also charged under section 498A. Shami’s mother Anjuman-Ara-Begum, brother Hasib Ahamed, Hasib’s wife Shama and Shabina Ahjum, Shami’s sister are among those who have been named in the FIR .
Shami also faces summon from the third judicial magistrate of Alipore Court after Hasin filed a petition against her husband, seeking a monthly maintenance of Rs 10 lakh for her and her daughter.
