Probe report on Jahanara allegations due Saturday

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is set to receive the investigation report into allegations of misconduct in women’s cricket raised by former national captain Jahanara Alam on Saturday, a member of the five-member inquiry committee confirmed yesterday.

The committee is chaired by Justice Tariq ul Hakim, former judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.

“Tomorrow [Saturday] we will hand over our investigation report officially. I don’t think we will be holding a press conference,” Barrister Sarwat Siraj Shukla, senior advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and president of Bangladesh Women's Sports Association, told The Daily Star yesterday.

“Maybe we will hand over the report to a BCB official with responsibility regarding this matter. We can’t divulge the contents of the report at the moment.”

BCB had twice deferred the submission of the committee’s report. Initially formed as a three-member body, the inquiry was expanded to five members on November 12 last year. On December 2, the board announced that the report was expected by December 20. However, in a subsequent press release on December 21, the BCB said it had formally received Jahanara’s complaint and granted the committee an extension until January 31.

BCB officials informed that the report is likely to be handed over to BCB president Aminul Islam. 

“Their work is finished and the report is expected to be submitted tomorrow [Saturday] or within two-three days,” a BCB media committee official informed The Daily Star.