Shakib Al Hasan hit with recent controversy as arrest warrant issued in Bangladesh over monetary default
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Bangladesh’s star all-rounder and former captain, Shakib Al Hasan, was caught in controversy as an arrest warrant was issued in opposition to him over a dishonored cheque in IFIC Financial institution, Cricbuzz reported on Sunday. Shakib, who introduced final yr that he would retire from Take a look at cricket, has been within the headlines for controversies over the previous many months, together with being charged in a homicide case following political unrest in Bangladesh.
Shakib is at present staying overseas as a consequence of safety causes after the scholar motion within the nation. The arrest warrant for the previous Bangladesh captain was issued by Ziadur Rahman, the Dhaka Further Chief Metropolitan Justice of the Peace.
Shakib was named in a cheque fraud case in Bangladesh final month (December 15), and the court docket ordered him to seem three days later.
Shahibur Rahman, the IFC Financial institution’s Relationship Officer, filed the case on behalf of the financial institution. Within the case, Shakib was accused of failing to honor a dedication to switch BDT 4,14,57,000 (roughly 41.4 million Tk) through two separate cheques; three others are additionally named within the case.
Shakib’s firm, Al Hasan Agro Farm Ltd, can also be implicated within the case. The corporate had borrowed funds from the IFIC Financial institution’s Banani department on quite a few events; these have been issued to repay a part of loans however inadequate funds triggered the cheques to dishonor.
In 2023, Shakib had joined politics by enlisting with the Awami League and gained the Magura-1 constituency.
Shakib’s final look in September
The left-handed all-rounder final appeared for Bangladesh in September 2024 in the course of the Take a look at sequence in opposition to India. He had expressed his want to play a farewell Take a look at in Bangladesh, however hasn’t been picked up since.
Shakib has already retired from T20Is, making his final look on the T20 World Cup.
The all-rounder’s final apperance in skilled cricket got here in the course of the Abu Dhabi T10 League, the place he represented Bangla Tigers.