Arrest warrant issued against Bangladeshi cricketer Shakib Al Hasan: The case is related to check bounce; He has also been accused of murder

Shakib Al Hasan has not been included in the Bangladesh squad for Champions Trophy 2025.

Arrest warrant has been issued against former Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan. On Sunday, a court in the capital Dhaka has issued an arrest warrant for the Bangladeshi all-rounder in connection with two check bounce cases.

Apart from Shakib, names of three other people are also included in this warrant. Former Awami League MP Shakib has been living abroad since the overthrow of Sheikh Hasina government. About six months ago, Shakib was also accused of murder.

Chief Magistrate asked for report The court’s Chief Magistrate Ziadur Rehman issued the arrest warrant on Sunday and asked the police to submit a report on the order on March 24.

He said the warrant was issued because Shakib, who is also the chairman of an agricultural farm. In the earlier case of bounced cheque, he had not appeared in the court as per the court order. A warrant has also been issued against the director of the same farm, Ghazi Shahgir Hussain.

This photo is of a meeting at the time of contesting the Parliament elections, where Shakib had reached.

What is the whole matter? On December 15, 2024, Shakib Al Hasan’s name came up in the check bounce case. After this, on December 18, after the preliminary hearing, the court ordered him to appear on January 19.

IFIC Bank’s relationship officer Shahibur Rahman had filed the case on behalf of the bank, accusing Shakib and three people of failing to transfer 41.4 million Bangladeshi taka (Rs 2.95 crore) through two separate cheques.

Played last match against India Shakib Al Hasan played his last Test match against India in Kanpur in late 2024.

He has been banned from all formats due to suspicious bowling action. Shakib, who lives in America, was elected as MP by Bangladeshi party Awami League on January 7, 2024. A case was registered against him by the International Finance Investment and Commerce (IFIC) bank.

Shakib played all three formats 37-year-old veteran player Shakib has so far played 67 Tests, 247 ODIs and 129 T20 matches for Bangladesh. During this period, Shakib has scored 4505 runs and taken 237 wickets in Tests. Whereas in One Day International, Shakib has 7570 runs and 317 wickets in his name. Whereas in T-20 International, he has taken 2551 runs and 149 wickets.

Shakib has been accused of murder Shakib Al Hasan was accused of being involved in a murder six months ago. At that time, more than 400 people had lost their lives in the movement against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh.

147 people including Shakib were accused of murder of one of these students (Rubel). The student died in the firing on August 5. Later the student’s father lodged an FIR in Dhaka.

Shakib Al Hasan was playing Global T-20 League in Canada when the student was murdered.