Bangladesh cricket team all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has been charged with murder. The case has been filed by the father of a youth named Rubal who died during the protest on August 7. Shakib is the twenty-eighth accused in the case. He is also a former MP of Awami League.
Ruhal was killed during a protest rally in Adabor. He was shot and taken to the hospital, but his life could not be saved. There are more than 500 accused in the case. Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and actor Ferduz Ahmed are also included in the charge sheet.
Meanwhile, the Bangladesh Cricket Board announced Farooq Ahmed as the new president following the resignation of Nazmul Hassan, a close supporter of Sheikh Hasina. He was the sports minister in Sheikh Hasina’s cabinet. Nazmul was the BCB director since 2012.
Farooq Ahmed captained Bangladesh in the 1994 ICC Trophy. 1999. He retired from the national team after the World Cup.
