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Massive Raid! ACC Storms Bangladesh Cricket HQ Over Corruption Allegations

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ACC raided BCB headquarters [Source: @Ramz_004/x.com]ACC raided BCB headquarters [Source: @Ramz_004/x.com]

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is under the pump as the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) came knocking on Tuesday with some serious questions. A three-member probe team raided the BCB headquarters, collecting documents related to alleged financial mismanagement, sketchy tournament rule changes and a long-lost political cricket celebration that never even happened.

ACC Raid At BCB Office Triggers Major Corruption Uproar In Bangladesh Cricket

The raid wasn’t out of the blue. The ACC is digging into three major complaints:

  • Suspicious ticket sales figures from the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL)
  • Alleged fund mismanagement around the now-cancelled "Mujib 100" cricket programme
  • Strange changes and entry fee hikes in the Third Division Qualifying tournament in Dhaka

The focus seems to be on events that unfolded while Nazmul Hassan was the BCB president. The ACC suspects a few things don’t quite add up.

BCB Ticket sales Raise Eyebrows

Turns out, Bangladesh Cricket Board earned BDT 15 crore (USD 1.2 million) from BPL ticket sales across eight seasons. But in just one recent season, that number mysteriously jumped to BDT 13 crore (USD 1.07 million). That kind of sudden boost raised red flags. 

"One of BCB's revenue streams is ticket sales. There was 15 crore in eight years, and then 13 crore in a single year. We are trying to collect documents to find out what the anomaly is," said Al Amin, Assistant Director of ACC.

Mujib 100 And The Missing Millions

The now-cancelled "Mujib 100" cricket programme, meant to mark the 100th birth anniversary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was supposed to be a grand affair. But it got canned due to COVID. The real controversy? The funding trail.

“There's also some anomaly in the expenses shown in the "Mujib 100" programme. It showed expenses worth 25 crore, but actually it was around 17 crore. There's allegations that they didn't show the expenses of almost 19 crore. We have asked for those documents and records from the finance department,” Al Amin added.

The ACC has asked BCB’s finance department to cough up all the relevant docs.

Third Division Mess Gets Murkier

The ACC is also chasing leads on how entry into Dhaka’s Third Division League was handled. Apparently, during Nazmul’s term, BCB increased the entry fee tenfold from BDT 50,000 to 5 lakh (USD 412 to USD 4000).

That meant only 2–3 clubs could afford to join. This year, with the fee slashed to BDT 1 lakh, 60 clubs signed up.

“There could be personal influence… There must have been some pressure that prevented clubs from participating. We are trying to find out why,” said Al Amin.

BCB Says They Will Cooperate

To their credit, the BCB didn’t throw up a wall. CEO Nizam Uddin Chowdhury said they will cooperate fully. He promised that all departments would provide the ACC with what they need.

Meanwhile, the ACC will now go through all the documents and file a report with their enforcement unit. Based on that, further action could be taken.