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File picture of Shakib Al-Hasan.© AFP
A Bangladeshi court docket ordered the seizure of cricketer Shakib Al-Hasan’s belongings within the newest authorized headache for the sports activities star over his allegiance to the nation’s former chief. Shakib is a former lawmaker from the occasion of autocratic ex-leader Sheikh Hasina, who was overthrown in a student-led rebellion final yr and fled by helicopter to neighbouring India. His hyperlinks to Hasina made him a goal of public anger and he was amongst dozens dealing with homicide investigations for a lethal police crackdown on protesters throughout the rebellion. He has not been charged over these allegations however is at the moment being prosecuted on fraud prices for allegedly bouncing cheques totalling greater than USD 300,000.
A Justice of the Peace within the capital Dhaka ordered the seizure on Monday after a warrant for Shakib’s arrest was issued by the court docket in January.
Shakib was taking part in in a home Twenty20 cricket competitors in Canada when Hasina’s authorities collapsed and has not returned to Bangladesh since.
The left-arm allrounder has performed 71 Assessments, 247 one-day internationals and 129 Twenty20s for Bangladesh, taking a mixed 712 wickets.
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