A minister has questioned how Lokman Hossain Bhuiyan, who is in jail on multiple charges, remains a director of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).
"How is he still a director [of BCB]? He shouldn't be in office after the allegations," Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader told the media at his office on Monday.
"I have spoken to the BCB chief with the issues [on removing Lokman from the post]," said Quader, who is the general secretary of ruling Awami League.
On Sunday, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case against Lokman at the anti-graft watchdog's Integrated District Office 1 in Dhaka where he has been accused of amassing illegal wealth worth over Tk 43 million.
On Sept 26, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Lokman, also the director-in-charge of Mohammedan Sporting Club from his home at Dhaka's Monipuripara .
On Sept 22, police had seized two roulette tables and nine betting boards from the Mohammedan club's premises. They had also found 12 walkie-talkies, knives and money counting machines.
According to media reports, since the raid, Lokman had claimed that he was forced to rent the club’s room for gambling activities facing “political pressure.”
The raids were carried out as part of the law enforcement agencies’ ongoing clampdown on illegal gambling establishments and casinos in the capital and elsewhere, which started on Sept 14.
