The sweeping crackdown over alleged betting-related offences caught up officials from three franchises and a domestic cricketer.
Bangladesh Cricket Board ad hoc committee head Tamim Iqbal said they had acted swiftly to “set an example”.
“If we wanted to, we could have dragged this thing for another two or three months,” Iqbal told reporters. “But the only thing our board said was that if we have enough evidence – execute.”
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The board said domestic cricketer Amit Mojumder and Sylhet Titans manager Rezwan Kabir Siddique were charged with violating the ICC’s anti-corruption code.
Chattogram Royals manager Muhammad Lablur Rahman and Noakhali Express co-owner Muhammad Towhidul Haque Towhid were charged with failing to cooperate with investigators and obstructing the probe.
All four, who have been provisionally suspended, have 14 days to respond to the allegations.
Separately, the BCB said it had banned another Chattogram Royals official, Saminur Rahman, from participating in any board-sanctioned cricket activity for alleged corrupt practices in the BPL.
– AFP
