Cricketer Nasir, Tamima acquitted in marriage case

A Dhaka court has acquitted cricketer Nasir Hossain and his wife Tamima Sultana Tammi in a case over allegedly marrying before Tamima legally dissolving her previous marriage.

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Jashita Islam delivered the verdict in the widely-discussed case on Wednesday, reports bdnews24.com.

Tamima's ex-husband Rakib Hossain filed the case against them, alleging adultery. The court has acquitted the couple more than four years after the trial began.

Nasir and Tamima were present in the courtroom when the verdict was announced. After their acquittal, they pushed through a large crowd to leave.

Expressing satisfaction with the verdict, Nasir and Tamima's lawyer Azizur Rahman Dulu said, "Among the findings on which the court gave this verdict, the most notable is that Rakib and Tamima's divorce was properly implemented.

"Neither of the two accused went to the place mentioned by the plaintiff.