ACC probe report on Shakib July 27

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has received a window of over two months to submit its investigation report into cricketer and former Magura-1 lawmaker Shakib Al Hasan, his mother Shirin Akter, and 13 others over stock market embezzlement, fraud and money laundering.

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Sabbir Faiz fixed Jul 27 for the submission after the anti-graft watchdog failed to deliver the probe findings on Wednesday, which was the initially scheduled deadline.

Aminul Islam, an assistant director of the ACC's court prosecution unit, confirmed the new timeline.

The other suspects in the case are Department of Cooperatives Deputy Registrar Abul Khair, his wife Kazi Sadia Hasan, Abul Kalam Matbar, Konika Afroz, Mohammad Bashar, Sajed Madbar, Aleya Begum, Kazi Fuad Hasan, Kazi Farid Hasan, Javed A Matin, Jahed Kamal, Humayun Kabir and Tanveer Nizam.

ACC Headquarters Assistant Director Sazzad Hossain filed the case as the plaintiff on May 17 last year.

Bangladesh's most celebrated all-rounder, Shakib won a seat in parliament from Magura-1 on the Awami League ticket in 2024.

He happened to be in Canada when the Awami League government was overthrown in August that year and has remained outside the country ever since.    �"bdnews24