The controversy surrounding Indian pace bowler Mohammed Shami and his wife Hasin Jahan has now taken a new turn. ‘Mohammed Bhai’ — an England-based businessman who was accused of matchfixing — has come forward to talk about the issue. Hasin Jahan has alleged that Shami had accepted money from ‘Mohammed Bhai’ to fix a match.
Talking to ABP, Mohammed Bhai denied all the allegations and said he did not even know Pakistan-based model Alishba personally who was supposed to hand over his money to Shami.
“I didn’t do anything wrong. Fixing allegations against me are baseless. I am an Indian and won’t ever let my country down,” Mohammed bhai told ABP News.
“I personally don’t know Alishba, I’ve only learnt about her from media and have nothing to do with her and the allegations of money transactions between us are false,” the England-based businessman said.
Earlier, on 19 March, Alsihba had also denied all the claims regarding match-fixing and affair.
According to the Pakistan-based model, it was after the finale of the 2017 Champions Trophy, when Pakistan defeated India, that she messaged Mohammed Shami for the first time.
“When India lost to Pakistan in the ICC Champions Trophy final, I had heard that some Pakistani fan made fun on Shami. I was eager to know who Mohammed Shami is. So, that is when I went to his page and messaged him. That is where and when we started to have conversations,” Alishba had told ABP.
In the much-talked finale, Virat Kohli-led Men-in-Blue had suffered a 180-run defeat. When the Indian squad was going to the dressing room following the defeat, a Pakistani fan had shouted to Mohammed Shami “Baap Kaun Hain (who is your father)”.
Shami got upset with the remark and was set to confront the person. However, former Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni stepped in and stopped him from doing so. The news had made headlines in both Indian and Pakistani media.
Since Shami was making the headline in media continuously, it sparked Alishba’s curiosity about the Indian pacer, and she messaged him.
“I am one of his followers, which is how I became Shami’s friend. Just like he has lakhs of followers, I am one among those normal fans. I have sent him messages,” Alishba told ABP.
“As a person, I really like Shami. As any fan that has idolized a celebrity, they always dream of meeting their idol. I have a lot of respect for him and we became good friends. We had a normal conversation,” she added.
However, Hasin Jahan had recently leaked a phone-call of Shami in which he can be hear saying that he went Dubai to take money from Alishba.
Here are the details of the alleged phone conversation:
“Shami please don’t lie. When will you tell the truth? You don’t care about me, our daughter, our families, you don’t about anyone. You might care about that Pakistani girl so I urge you to tell the truth in Alishba’s name. Are these chats yours?”
“No” (male voice)
“When you said you didn’t have a Dubai visa and you can’t leave the hotel room then how did you get one? Why did you lie to me? It’s clear you are lying to me,” asked Hasin.
“I had a visa,” (male voice).
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“You texted Alishba giving her the room details in the same hotel in Dubai. Was this also done by Mohammed bhai? When Alishba was waiting at belt no. 7 (at the airport) she knew your landing and take-off time. Was this all being done by Mohammed bhai?” asked Hasin.
“Mohammed bhai had sent me money through Alishba so I had to take the money from her.” (male voice)
“You have only indulged in dirty chatting with her, Shami. You never mentioned receiving money…”
“But when I asked you about Alishba last night you said, “where did Alishba come from?”
“First you did all the drama with Alishba and then you said where did Alishba come from? You had sex with Alishba!”
“Listen don’t talk about sex” (male voice).
Earlier, Jahan had accused Indian pacer Shami of physical and mental torture, extra-marital affairs, attempt to murder among other charges.
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Following Jahan’s complaint, an FIR was filed against Mohammed Shami 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 the Indian Penal Code against Shami and 4 others.