Bangladeshi cricketer Shakib Al Hasan faces arrest warrant over bounced cheques
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JANUARY 20 (STC): A Dhaka court issued an arrest warrant against Bangladeshi cricketer Shakib Al Hasan on Sunday over two bounced cheques. Shakib Al Hasan is the former Awami League MP and is already under extensive scrutiny since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government in August 2024.
According to reports, Hasan had failed to appear in the court as ordered earlier over a case related to bounced cheques totalling more than $300,000.
New agency reports quoting a court official said, “Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ziadur Rahman issued the arrest warrant asking police submit a report on the execution of the order on March 24.”
According to the reports, a case was filed against the cricketer by International Finance Investment and Commerce (IFIC) Bank. The IFIC Bank earlier in October last year issued a legal notice over the bounced cheques in a subsequent development filed the case on December 24 against the cricketer-turned-businessman and three other officials of his company.
Two of the farm officials duly surrendered before the court on Sunday and pleaded for bail, which the court granted after a hearing. Shakib, the former captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team established a crab farm named Shakib Al Hasan Agro Farm in southwestern Satkhira in 2016. The company has reportedly been inactive since 2021.
Notably, the 37-year-old ace cricketer has already quit test cricket and his 50-overs career appears over after the Champions Trophy snub. (STC)
