BCB Elections: Investigation committee submits report
The National Sports Council has formed an investigation committee to verify the transparency of the last Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) elections and investigate allegations of irregularities.
Retired Supreme Court judge AKM Asaduzzaman, chairman of the five-member investigation committee submitted its final report on Sunday.
AKM Asaduzzaman said, they did not conduct this investigation to accuse anyone personally.
‘We impartially reported on what we found regarding the election. We reported on what we found during the election in a neutral manner without accusing anyone in short’, he said.
In addition to the investigation, the committee has given several guidelines or recommendations to make the future elections of the BCB free from influence and fair.
The most important thing is that the recommendation also includes the issue of changing the current constitution of the BCB.
“We tried to maintain absolute neutrality throughout the process. We questioned everyone we found to have any involvement.
Based on what we discovered, we have compiled a concise and fair report without making baseless accusations. We have reported on the election observations as we found them.
You will understand the details once you review the report; we haven’t targeted anyone specific, but rather provided our neutral observations and recommendations on the election process,” he said.
AKM Asaduzzaman confronted reporters, where the issue of Asif Mahmud’s non-appearance came up.
“We did reach out to him to hear his side of the story and see if he had anything to add-not as an accused party, but for his input.
We gave him time and called him, but he did not appear before the committee,” said Asaduzzaman.
The investigation committee formed on March 11 is headed by Retired Supreme Court judge AKM Asaduzzaman.
Other members include Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Youth and Sports Md Selim Fakir, Joint Commissioner (DB Admin & South) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police Mohammad Nasirul Islam, sports journalist ATM Sayeed Uzzaman and Supreme Court advocate Barrister Saleh Akram Samrat.
