On Thursday (22nd August), the police booked Bangladeshi cricketer and Awami League MP Shakib Al Hasan in connection to a murder case.
As per reports, the police complaint was filed by a man named Rafiqul Islam. He alleged that his son Rubel went to a ‘student protest’ march in Adabor in Dhaka on 5th August, the day of the ouster of Sheikh Hasina. He died 2 days later at the hospital.
Rafiqul claimed that the victim was shot in the chest and abdomen as part of a planned criminal conspiracy. The complainant named Shaqib al Hasan the 28th accused in the case.
Rafiqul has also named ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 154 others in connection to the case. It must be mentioned that Shakib al Hasan was not even in Bangladesh on the day of Rubel’s alleged murder.
At that time, he was playing for the Bangla Tigers Mississauga team against Surrey Jaguars in the Global T20 Canada League held in Brampton.
During the mass protests in Bangladesh, he was part of the Major League Cricket in the USA. Following the fall of Dhaka, there have been reports of killings, attacks and increased harassment of politicians allied to the ruling Awami League.
