Story highlights Shahadat Hossain is a bowler with the Bangladeshi national team

He and his wife have fled their home in Dhaka

The girl, their domestic maid, was found with extensive injuries

(CNN) Police in Bangladesh are hunting for an international cricketer and his wife in connection with the alleged abuse of their 11-year-old domestic helper.

Earlier this month, the unnamed girl reported that Shahadat Hossain, a bowler with the Bangladeshi national team, and his wife physically tortured her and left her on a street in the capital, Dhaka, Muntashirul Islam, Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police told CNN Tuesday.

According to police, the girl had substantial injuries -- several parts of her body were dislocated, she had swollen eyes, and was bruised extensively. She is now being treated in hospital.

Police said Shahadat and his wife, Nittyo Shahadat, have fled their home in Dhaka, and that resources have been deployed to find and arrest them.

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