BCB charges Chattogram Royals owner, Durbar Rajshahi official over BPL corruption allegations
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has charged two more individuals with multiple breaches of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code in connection with alleged corruption during the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the board said in a press release on Thursday.
The latest charges were brought against former Chattogram Royals owner Md Abdul Kayum Rashed and former team official (operations/manager) of Durbar Rajshahi, Md Amin Khan, following investigations by the BCB Integrity Unit into alleged corrupt conduct surrounding the 11th and 12th editions of the BPL.
According to the BCB, Rashed has been charged under four provisions of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code. These include Article 2.1.1, relating to fixing or improperly influencing the result, progress or conduct of a match, as well as provisions concerning failure to disclose an approach to engage in corrupt conduct, failure to cooperate with an investigation and obstruction or delay of an investigation.
The board said Rashed allegedly failed to comply with a demand to produce his primary mobile device for forensic examination, preventing investigators from examining potentially relevant communications and other information.
Amin Khan has also been charged under four provisions, including Article 2.1.1 and Article 2.1.4, which relates to directly or indirectly soliciting, inducing, encouraging or intentionally facilitating a participant to engage in corrupt conduct.
He was also charged with failing to cooperate with the investigation and allegedly obstructing or delaying it by concealing or destroying communications or other information that could have been relevant to the inquiry.
Both individuals have been provisionally suspended and given 14 days from receiving their Notices of Charge to respond as part of the disciplinary process.
The latest action comes as the BCB continues a wider investigation into corruption allegations surrounding the BPL. In May, the board provisionally suspended five individuals, including a player, team officials, a franchise owner and another participant, over alleged corrupt conduct, betting activities, failure to cooperate with investigations and obstruction of investigations.
Earlier this month, the BCB also suspended former board director Muhammad Mukhlesur Rahman Shamim, former security liaison officer Zakir Hossain and former BCB councillor Rakibul Islam Sunny over alleged breaches of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code in connection with the 12th edition of the BPL.
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