A Dhaka court on Wednesday canceled the arrest warrant issued for Bangladesh cricketer Al-Amin Hossain in a domestic violence case filed by his wife.
Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Rezaul Karim Chowdhury passed the order following a reconsideration petition against the arrest warrant, reports UNB.
The court also fixed October 16 for the next hearing, asking both sides to appear before the court.
Earlier in the day, Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Tofazzal Hossain issued the warrant as the former national team pace bowler did not appear before the court for a hearing in the case.
Al-Amin couldn’t appear before the court today as he is in Khulna now to play four-day National Cricket League (NCL) that started on Monday, said his counsel Md Abdur Rahman Sumon.
So Al-Amin’s counsel filed the reconsideration petition against the arrest warrant.
During the hearing, Shamsuzzaman, counsel of Al-Amin's wife Israt, claimed that his client had no idea about the divorce claim by the accused.
On October 6, Al-Amin submitted an affidavit to the court, claiming he divorced Israt on August 25.
Al-Amin was, in fact, granted bail in the case till October 6 only by Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Shafi Uddin, on a bond of Tk 5,000, on September 27.
The case was filed by his wife on September 7.
According to the case statement filed by Israt, Al-Amin married Israt on December 26, 2012, and his wife subsequently gave birth to two sons.
Al-Amin demanded Tk 20 lakh as dowry from his wife and used to beat her as she had refused to pay the amount. He also drove her out of the house with their two children on August 25, it added.
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