Staff Reporter :
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has summoned former Bangladesh cricket captain Shakib Al Hasan and 15 others for questioning in connection with a case alleging the embezzlement of around Tk 256 crore through stock market manipulation.
The individuals have been instructed to appear before the ACC on 25 and 26 November to provide their statements.
Shakib, who is currently in Abu Dhabi for the T10 2025 tournament, has been asked to report to the ACC headquarters at 10:00am on 26 November, ACC Director General (Prevention) Md Akhtar Hossain told reporters at the agency’s Segunbagicha office this afternoon.
Hossain added that the ACC is also conducting a separate probe into allegations that Shakib, a former lawmaker from Magura-1, amassed wealth beyond his known sources of income. Information related to that inquiry will also be gathered during the same session.
According to the case document, Shakib allegedly invested in artificially inflated shares of Paramount Insurance, Crystal Insurance, and Sonali Papers Ltd, enabling him to unlawfully gain more than Tk 2.95 crore through “realised capital gains.”
Other accused in the case include former Department of Cooperatives deputy registrar Md Abul Khair Hiru and his wife, Kazi Sadia Hasan.
