The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against cricketer Shakib Al Hasan and 14 others on charges of embezzling around Tk 256.97 crore from the stock market by manipulating share prices.
ACC Assistant Director Sajjad Hossain filed the case, the anti-graft body's Director General Md Akhtar Hossain shared this information on Tuesday afternoon, June 17.
Other accused in the case are Cooperatives Department's deputy registrar Md Abul Khair alias Hiru, his wife Kazi Sadiya Hasan, Abul Kalam Madbar, Kanika Afroz, Mohammad Bashar, Sajed Madbar, Aleya Begum, Kazi Fuad Hasan, Kazi Farid Hasan, Shirin Aktar, Javed A Matin, Md Jahed Kamal, Md Humayun Kabir and Tanvir Nijam.
Earlier on Monday, June 16, a court imposed a travel ban on 15 individuals, including Shakib Al Hasan, in a graft case.
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