Case filed against Shoaib, Sania for 'hurting Muslim sentiments'

Published>Thu, Apr 22 10 03:18 PM

In fresh trouble for Shoaib Malik and his wife Sania Mirza, police have registered a case against them and 12 others for allegedly hurting sentiments of Muslims by violating religious traditions in the Pakistani cricketer's divorce and marriage.

Based on a private complaint lodged by a city-based Muslim organisation, the court of Third Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate has referred the matter to Station House Officer of Banjara Hills Police here for investigation and asked for a report on it by May 26. West Zone Deputy Commissioner of Police Stephen Ravindra said today.

"After the court order, a case was registered last night. We have to investigate and a status report will be filed before the court," Ravindra said.

The complainant Moullim Mohsin Bin Hussain Al-Kasary, founder president of Mazlumeen-e-Ummatay Mohammediya organisation, has accused the Pakistani cricketer, Sania and her father as well as Shoaib's first wife Ayesha Siddiqui and family friends of hurting religious sentiments over matters relating to Shoaib's divorce to Ayesha and his subsequent marriage to the tennis star earlier this month.

According to the complainant, Shoaib had initially said he never married Ayesha, a Hyderabadi girl, but had later divorced her. "There is no official divorce, but the 14 accused declared that divorce proceedings are over and got the public, particularly Muslims, confused and insulted their religious feelings," Al-Kasary has alleged.

The case under section 295 A (hurting religious sentiments of others) of IPC has been registered against the 14 persons, Ravindra said.

He said police would first verify whether any allegations could be made out or not. "We should go a little deep into the complaint. After going through the court order, the SHO Banjara Hills will decide on questioning of the 14 persons," Ravindra said.

"We will look into the whole matter and then decide," he said.

Meanwhile, Shoaib and Sania reportedly left Hyderabad for Pakistan last night.

When asked if Shoaib and Sania had taken a flight from the RGI Airport, an official said they might have left like normal passengers as there was no specific information on their departure with the protocol department. "We exactly cannot say if the couple took a flight from RGI Airport," the official said.

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