First the murder case, then the lawyer notice to remove Shakib Al Hasan from the national team and bring him back to the country. As for Shakib, BCB was also under a bit of pressure with him.
That pressure may remain until Shakib’s case is settled. However, as Shakib is a BCB contracted cricketer and is currently touring Pakistan as an important member of the national team, BCB has decided to provide him with all sorts of legal assistance.
BCB president said to Prothom Alo, “The complaint against Shakib is still at the FIR stage. There are still many steps. Until the charges against him are proved, we will play him. After the Pakistan tour, the team will go to India. We want Shakib there too.
The board president said, Shakib will also get legal help in this case from BCB, ‘he is our contracted cricketer. If necessary, we will also provide legal assistance to him.
The Bangladesh team will play the second Test against Pakistan in Rawalpindi on August 30. Then on the night of September 4, he will return to India on September 15 to play two Tests and three T20Is in India. In the meantime, Shakib is not returning home. He will go to play county for Surrey in England. Farooq Ahmed confirmed that BCB has also given him a no-objection letter for that.
On August 5, Adabar clothing factory workers. Former Awami League member of Parliament Shakib Al Hasan has been accused along with former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and many others in the case filed by his father Rafiqul Islam in the Rubel murder case.
Shakib has been out of the country long before the quota reform movement started. He was playing in the US Major League Cricket (MLC) when the movement began to take root. And he was busy with Canada’s Global T20 League during the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government in the mass uprising of the students.