More trouble for Shakib Al Hasan! A Dhaka court on Sunday (January 19, 2025) issued an arrest warrant against the former Bangladesh captain in a dishonoured cheque case. (More Cricket News)
๐According to reports, IFIC Bank filed the case against the legendary all-rounder and three others on December 15 last year, accusing them of failing to honour a commitment to transfer BDT 4,14,57,000 via two separate cheques.
๊ฆ Citing the case statement, Cricbuzz reported that it "also implicated Shakib's company, Al Hasan Agro Farm Ltd., its Managing Director Gazi Shahagir Hossein, and directors Emdadul Haque and Malaikar Begum. Shakib's company had borrowed funds from IFIC Bank's Banani branch at various times. The cheques in question were issued to repay part of the loans but were dishonoured due to insufficient funds."
๊ฆ Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ziadur Rahman's court issued the arrest warrant, ordering the four to appear before it on January 18.
A celebrated cricketer, Shakib Al Hasan โwas once a beloved figure in his country but his association with the Awami League made him a target of the current dispensation. The 37-year-old and his young now family live in the United States of America and he is unlikely to return to Bangladesh any time soon.
โHe was elected as a representative from the Magura-1 constituency in the uncontested 2024 elections and was charged in a murder case during political unrest which topped the Sheikh Hasina government.
๐ผThe former captain last played for the national team in a Test match against India at Kanpur last year and subsequently announced retirement from the format. He scored 4609 runs with five centuries and claimed 246 wickets in 71 Test matches.
Shakib made his international debut, in an ODI match against Zimbabwe at Harare in August 2006. He has 7570 runs with nine hundreds and 317 wickets in 247 matches, and 2551 runs and 149 wickets in the T20Is. He is the only all-rounder to be ranked in the top 3 of ICC Player Rankings across all three formats.
