Legal notice seeks Shakib’s removal from national team

A legal notice has been sent to the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) authorities seeking removal of Shakib Al Hasan from the national team and bring him back to the country.

Supreme Court lawyer Barrister Sajeeb Mahmud Alam sent the notice on Saturday (August 24), according to media reports.

In the notice, Sajeeb Mahmud Alam said that Shakib Al Hasan cannot be in the national cricket team as a criminal case has been filed against him. He should be removed from the cricket team immediately.

Over the murder of garment worker Rubel during the anti-discrimination student movement, a case has been filed against 500 people, including 156 people, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, Sheikh Rehana, and Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader.

According to the statement of the case, Rubel, who participated in the student movement, was shot dead on their orders. The former captain of the Bangladesh team has been made accused number 28 in the case.

According to the case statement, on August 5, Rubel took part in a protest march on Ring Road of Adabar in the capital. At that time, with the direct and indirect instructions, instigation, help, cooperation and support of the accused, someone fired at the procession. Rubel was rushed to hospital with gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen and died on August 7.

Shakib is now with the national team. He is in the Bangladesh XI for the first match of the two-match Test series against Pakistan in Rawalpindi. He did not return to the country from Canada and went directly to Pakistan and joined the team.