Bangladeshi national cricketer Nasir Hossain has gone on trial charged with adultery after a man claimed the batsman illegally married his wife, law-yers said Thursday.
Bangladeshi men, but not women, can be tried for adultery in socially conservative Bangladesh although cases are extremely rare, with people usu-ally keen to avoid a public scandal. Nasir, 30, who has represented Bangladesh more than 100 times — although not since 2018 — tied the knot with flight attendant Tamima Sultana on Valentine’s Day 2021.
But her first husband Rakib Hasan has filed charges of adultery against Nasir, claiming that he was — and still is — married to Tamima.
If found guilty, Nasir could face a maximum punishment of seven years in jail. Tamima has been charged with forgery.
“Tamima has forged divorce documents and postal receipts to show that she was no longer mar-ried with Rakib,” Rakib’s lawyer Ishrat Hasan said. Farid Uddin Khan, who represents the cricketer and Tamima, said the court would record the testi-mony of witnesses from March 10. —APP
