Setback for Mohammed Shami as court orders him to pay monthly alimony to estranged wife Hasin Jahan

India pace bowler Mohammed Shami has been ordered to pay a monthly alimony of Rs 50,000 to estranged wife Hasin Jahan by a Kolkata court. Jahan had made several allegations against the right-arm pacer four years ago.

After the court order, Jahan was not happy with the alimony amount that Shami is supposed to pay, as she demanded Rs 10 lakh per month from the Indian pacer. In 2018, Jahan filed a legal case seeking a monthly alimony of Rs 10 lakh, which included Rs 7 lakh for personal expenses and Rs 3 lakh for the maintenance of their daughter.

Jahan is likely to appeal the ruling to a higher court for more payment. The verdict was delivered on Monday, January 23, by Alipore court judge Anindita Ganguly.

Timeline of Shami’s spat with Jahan

The whole spat started when Hasin filed an official complaint at Jadavpur Police station accusing Shami of adultery and domestic abuse. Following the complaint, Shami was slapped with non-bailable charges of domestic abuse and attempt to murder.

Hasin Jahan claimed that the cricketer and his family tortured her whenever they went to his hometown in Uttar Pradesh. “Yes, whenever I have gone to UP,” Jahan had told India Today on being asked whether Shami’s family also tortured her. “You can ask the neighbours how they (Shami’s family) behaved with me.

I was silent because he has been asking for a divorce for two years. He has been torturing me, he tried everything to make me leave him,” Jahan added. Jahan also claimed that Shami was threatening her over phone using different phone numbers.

However, Shami always denied Jahan’s claims and even took to social media to say that the allegations were false and said it was a conspiracy to defame him. Shami had told India Today he was ready to aplogise to Jahan if her allegations of infidelity and domestic abuse were proven to be true.