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Case filed against ex-BCB director Shohel

Wednesday, 4 September 2024



A case was filed against former director of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Sheikh Sohel, 55, with Khulna Court on Tuesday on charge of extortion of Taka 6.0 million from a businessman in Khulna city, reports BSS.
The other accused of the case are: the then executive engineer of Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) Khulna zone Abul Kalam Md Anisuzzaman and five to six unidentified people.
Sheikh Shahidul Islam, owner of S R Traders of city's Hard Metal Gallary, filed the case against Sheikh Sohel, a cousin of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, as a plaintiff, Advocate S M Masudur Rahman, lawyer of the complainant said.
Md Tariqul Islam, Judicial Magistrate of Khulna Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court-1 ordered to lodge the case with Sonadanga Police Station and investigate it properly, the lawyer said.