Shakib Al Hasan: Shakib Al Hasan is a senior cricketer of Bangladesh. He is considered a good all-rounder in all three formats. So far, he has played 67 Tests, 247 ODIs and 129 T20 matches for his country. He is currently in Pakistan and is playing a 2-match Test series.
Shakib Al Hasan: Bangladesh’s star cricketer Shakib Al Hasan is in the news right now. He has been accused of being involved in a murder. The father of the person who was killed has filed an FIR in Dhaka against 147 people including Shakib Al Hasan. Recently, more than 400 people lost their lives in the protest against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh. Among them was a student, whose murder has made Shakib Al Hasan in the news.
FIR registered against Shakib?
In fact, a person named Rafikul Islam has filed a murder case in Dhaka’s Adabar police station. Rafikul has also filed a case against former PM Sheikh Hasina, lawyers and many former ministers including Shakib. Most of the 147 people against whom FIR has been registered belong to Sheikh Hasina’s party Awami League.
On what basis has the report been filed?
According to the report, Rafikul Islam said that on August 5, his son Rubel was protesting in the Ring Road area of Adabar, along with many of his fellow students. Rafikul alleges that 147 people, including Shakib, had ordered firing on the protesters, so Rubel was injured during the firing, he died in the hospital two days later.
Shakib was not in Bangladesh during the protest
PTI reported that Rafiqul Ismaila’s son Rubel was killed during the agitation on 7 August. Shakib has been made accused number 27 or 28 in the FIR. However, reports have also revealed that Shakib was not in Bangladesh on 5 August.
Shakib was in Canada and America
When violent protests were taking place in Bangladesh, Shakib was in Canada. Here he was playing the Global T20 League from 26 July to 9 August. Before this, he had played Major League Cricket in America. Shakib has scored 4505 runs and taken 237 wickets in 67 Tests for his country. He has scored 7570 runs and taken 317 wickets in 247 ODIs. In T20 Internationals, he has scored 2551 runs and taken 149 wickets.
What happened in Bangladesh?
Actually, after the violent protests in Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina had to resign from her post. She has also left the country. Shakib was a minister in the Hasina government. He became an MP on the Awami League ticket in January this year. Now after Sheikh Hasina lost power, his MP status has also been taken away. After Sheikh Hasina’s resignation, Nobel Prize winner Mohammad Yunus has taken over the post of Chief Advisor in the interim government of Bangladesh.
