A complete timeline of the Mohammed Shami-Hasin Jahan saga
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It has been a tough couple of weeks for Mohammed Shami starting with being snubbed for the BCCI annual contract to being accused of attempting a murder and even match-fixing. However, yesterday, the BCCI cleared the pacer from any match-fixing allegations and has handed him a Grade B contract.
Having said that, the case against Shami is still active and it is only his match-fixing allegation that has been cleared by the BCCI. In case you missed the entire saga, here is a timeline of the fiasco.
March 6, 2018
Hasin Jahan accuses Shami of adultery, torture, and attempted murder and uploaded images from the pacer’s Facebook chats as evidence. In an interview with ABP News she said, "Everyone in their (Shami's) family used to torture me. His mother and brother used to abuse me. The tortures continued till 2-3 am in the morning. They even wanted to kill me.Â
"Shami abused me and started beating me even after returning from South Africa. He has been doing this for quite some time now and now I have had enough."
March 7, 2018
Shami denies any wrongdoing but is excluded from BCCI's annual contracts.Â
"Ye jitna bhi news hamara personal life ke bare may chal raha hai, ye sab sarasar jhut hai, ye koi bahut bada humare khilap sajish hai or ye mujhe Badnam karne or mera game kharab karne ka kosis ki ja rahi hai. (All of this stuff that is being said about my personal life is false and it is a conspiracy to defame me or throw me off my game)," Shami had tweeted.Â
"We are in a bit of Catch 22. Ordinarily you would distinguish and say that [the allegation] is a personal issue and the contract is a professional issue. But someone could easily point out and say this allegation is an unsavoury one and you are still rewarding him ,” Vinod Rai had said.
March 8, 2018
Jahan lodges official complaint against the Indian pacer, accuses Shami of match-fixing as well.
The Indian pacer had been booked under sections 498A (Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty), 323 (Causing hurt), 307 (Attempt to murder), 376 (Punishment for rape), 506 (Criminal intimidation), 328 (Causing hurt by means of poison, etc., with intent to commit an offence.), 34 (Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of IPC. According to some reports, a non-bailable warrant had also been issued for Shami.
March 9, 2018
Delhi announce they will wait for BCCI's judgement before deciding on Shami's IPL futureÂ
“Look Daredevils management can’t take any unilateral decision in this matter. All players who play in the IPL have a tri-partite contract involving the franchise, BCCI and the player. Yes, we are well aware about the sensitive situation and we are having discussions with top BCCI officials. There is a clause about any player bringing disrepute but it is for the lawyers to interpret it,” a DD official had told PTI.
March 13, 2018
CoA asks ACU to investigate fixing charges against Mohammed Shami
CoA chief Vinod Rai asks the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) head Neeraj Kumar to investigate the Shami issue.Â
“This has reference to the various media reports pertaining to allegations against Shami. The CoA has listened to the audio recording of a telephonic conversation which it is claimed is between Shami and his wife. The said audio recording is available in public domain. The CoA is concerned only with such portion of the said audio recording in which the person who it is claimed is Shami is heard saying another person by the name of “Mohammed Bhai” had sent money to Shami through a Pakistani lady by the name of “Alisba,” Rai’s letter read.
March 15, 2018
Hasin Jahan sends a copy of the official complaint to Vinod Rai to investigate the match fixing allegations that had been made.Â
"We have sent the details of the complaint that was lodged at Lalbazar (Kolkata Police headquarters) and the copy of the FIR to Vinod Rai," Zakir Hussain, Jahan's lawyer had revealed.
March 19, 2018
Alisba clarifies that no exchange of money took place
“There was no involvement of money transaction between us,” Alisba was quoted saying by ABP News.
March 20, 2018
"Mohammed Bhai" denies any match fixing allegations.
“Neither have I done anything wrong, nor am I associated with such things. I never talked of match-fixing or offered money to anyone. I was born India and won't ever let my country down," Mohammed Bhai had told ABP news.
“I am hearing Alishba’s name for the first time through media.”
March 21, 2018
Rajiv Shukla clarified that the BCCI were only interested in the match fixing allegation and nothing else.
“The BCCI is only interested about this charge of his possible wrongdoing in the game before a go-ahead is given to his career. The rest is a family matter between Shami and his wife,” Rajiv Shukla told Gulf News.
March 22, 2018
Shami cleared off match fixing allegations, BCCI hand him a Grade B contract and Delhi Daredevils confirm he will represent them in IPL.
“Mr Neeraj Kumar has submitted his confidential report to the CoA. Based on the conclusions in the said report, the CoA is of the view that no further actions/ proceedings under the BCCI anti-corruption code are warranted in the matter,” a BCCI press release stated.
“I have just received the confirmation from the BCCI that Shami has been absolved of all charges related to corruption allegations. It’s a welcome news for the franchise and we are happy to have him back. We expect him to join the camp from the very first day,” Delhi Daredevils CEO Hemant Dua had said.
“When it came to corruption charges, we never had an iota of doubt that Shami is innocent. He is an honest cricketer and would have never done any such thing. We even spoke to Shami during this period. But we also have to follow the instructions of BCCI. It was only fair that the matter was investigated and he has come out clean.”
