A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Monday ordered the authorities concerned to confiscate the properties of all-rounder cricketer and former Awami League lawmaker Shakib Al Hasan in a cheque dishonour case.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Ziaudur Rahman passed the order responding to a petition submitted by the plaintiff of the case.
On January 19, the court issued an arrest warrant against Shakib as he failed to appear before the court in the case.
In December 2024, the court summoned Shakib, also a former lawmaker for Magura-1 constituency, to appear before the court on January 18 in the case.
The case was filed on December 15, 2024 by
IFIC Bank鈥檚 public relations officer Sahibur Rahman.
The other accused include Shakib Agro Farm鈥檚 managing director Gazi Shahagir Hossain, and directors Imdadul Haque and Malaika Begum.
According to the case details, Shakib Agro Farm owned by Shakib took loans from IFIC Bank鈥檚 Banani branch for business purposes and issued two cheques for repayment.
However, the cheques, amounting to around Tk 4.15 crore, were dishonoured due to insufficient funds.
Later, IFIC Bank鈥檚 Banani branch sent a legal notice in accordance with the Negotiable Instruments Act, requesting repayment within 30 days. As no response was received, the bank proceeded with legal action.
Shakib, who rose to fame after becoming the top-ranked ICC ODI all-rounder in 2009, was signed by various national and multinational companies since his early days as a star Bangladeshi cricketer.
He first stepped into the world of business in 2015 by launching his restaurant 鈥� Shakib鈥檚 Dine 鈥� in the capital. The all-rounder has branched out to various other sectors which include cosmetics, hotel, event management, agro farm, travel agency, and even power plant.
Shakib also invested a large amount of his money in the country鈥檚 stock market and gold business.
Other than his business ventures, he also had the highest number of product endorsements among the Bangladeshi cricketers.
Recently, he posted an advertisement for a surrogate betting company on his social media platforms despite betting being illegal in Bangladesh.
Shakib, who was recently cleared to bowl again after being suspected of illegal bowling action while playing domestic cricket in England, intended to bid farewell to Test
cricket with the match against South Africa in Mirpur last year but was unable to return to the country due to backlash at home.
Shakib last played for Bangladesh in the two Tests against India in September, and his last ODI came during the 2023 World Cup.
He earlier said that he would retire from ODI cricket after playing in the Champions Trophy which concluded recently, but wasn鈥檛 picked due to his problem with the bowling action.
