Shakib Al Hasan's Followers Attacked Throughout Protest In Dhaka Amid Tight Safety

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A gaggle of individuals attacked Shakib Al Hasan’s followers throughout a protest in Dhaka on Sunday amid tight safety, an eye fixed witness stated. Shakib Al Hasan needed to retire from Take a look at cricket by taking part in the sequence in opposition to South Africa in Bangladesh. The BCB responded positively to his request and included him within the squad in opposition to South Africa. However he was suggested by the Bangladesh authorities to not enter the nation resulting from safety causes whereas in transit by Dubai on his approach again to Bangladesh from the US.

Followers had been protesting exterior the cricket stadium in Mirpur for a number of days to protest in opposition to Shakib’s ban from taking part in the farewell Take a look at in Bangladesh. On Sunday, a bunch of individuals immediately attacked them with sticks. At the moment, the military and regulation enforcement personnel who had been there introduced the state of affairs underneath management by blowing whistles.

Notably, Shakib formally joined the Awami League celebration in 2023. He filed the nomination from the Magura-1 parliamentary seat as an Awami League candidate to contest within the 2024 Bangladesh common election, which he received.

Two months in the past, a student-led motion ousted Bangladesh’s Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, after weeks of protests and clashes that killed over 600 folks. Hasina, 76, fled to India on August 5 and an interim authorities led by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus was fashioned.

Awami League leaders and supporters, together with Sheikh Hasina, are dealing with dozens of circumstances of allegedly committing crimes in the course of the July-August rebellion. Sakib Al Hasan is likely one of the accused within the circumstances however he wished to say cricket goodbye after the take a look at sequence in opposition to South Africa.

BCB introduced the appointment of former West Indies batter Phil Simmons as the pinnacle coach of the nationwide males’s cricket crew after suspending Chandika Hathurusinghe, resulting from misconduct.

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