Bangladesh cricketer granted bail
Bangladeshi security personnel escort fugitive cricketer Shahadat Hossain (C) after he surrendered in Dhaka on October 5, 2015. Hossain was remanded in jail on October 5 shortly after he surrendered to a court over allegations of beating his 11-year-old maid, his lawyer said. AFP PHOTO / MUNIR UZ ZAMAN (Photo credit should read MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
BANGLADESH cricketer Shahadat Hossain has been granted bail after being held for allegedly beating an 11-year-old maid.
A Dhaka court bailed Hossain until March 31, but deputy attorney general Moniruzzaman Kabir said his office would appeal.
Hossain handed himself into police on October 5 and has been in custody since. He denies charges of employing and assaulting a minor, along with his wife, who was granted bail last week.
A representative of the alleged victim said: “The High Court has accepted Shahadat’s bail plea today after it was earlier rejected by the lower court.”