BCB headquarters in Dhaka raided

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) of the nation raided the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Tuesday, April 15, in response to a complaint that was received from a number of sources, including the media.

The ACC replied to a complaint about the former BCB leadership, which was led by Nazmul Hasan, a leader of the Awami League,

Who had left the nation following the violent student protests that led to Sheikh Hasina’s administration being overthrown.

Al Amin, the assistant director of ACC, told the media that three main complaints led to the raids.

Mismanagement and scheming in the sale of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) tickets were the first grievance. Following the regime change, ticket sales brought in BDT 13 Cr in a single season, whereas the BCB earned just around BDT 15 Cr in the league’s first eight seasons.

The second allegation concerned the embezzlement of funds during a celebration of the nation’s father figure Mujib-Ur-Rahman’s 100th birthday in 2020, known as “Mujib 100.” As a result of COVID, the initiative was later discontinued.

The most recent complaint concerned bribery and evasion during the third-division qualifying competition in Dhaka. The tournament’s entrance price was raised from BDT 50,000 to BDT 5 Lakhs. As a result, only teams with sufficient funding participated in the qualification tournament, and few teams did. There have been occasions when just two teams overall qualified for the event and advanced to the third level.

“After we have confirmed all of these documents, we will submit a report to the enforcement unit. The next course of action will be determined by the ACC. Al Amin was cited by as saying, “Every ACC raid is the result of a specific complaint.”