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Bangladesh cricketer Nayeem Hasan has alleged that helium was assaulted by constabulary unit successful Chattogram connected Friday nighttime portion returning location from Dhaka.Nayeem was travelling successful an auto-rickshaw adjacent the Lalkhan Bazar country aft arriving from Dhaka airport, according to a ESPNCricinfo report. Nayeem said constabulary officers stopped the auto-rickshaw and behaved aggressively towards him. He claimed the officers grabbed him by the pharynx and tried to instrumentality him to a constabulary presumption successful different auto-rickshaw. Bystanders reportedly informed the constabulary that Nayeem was a Bangladesh planetary cricketer, but helium said the officers ignored them."I repeatedly told them who I was, but they refused to listen," Nayeem told reporters.
"The constabulary bushed maine indiscriminately with sticks and integrative pipes. Later, erstwhile I identified myself astatine the constabulary station, the officer-in-charge told maine to support my eyes down portion speaking.""If they were truly constabulary officers, wherefore did they effort to enactment maine into a CNG (auto) alternatively of a constabulary vehicle? I privation a just probe and justness implicit the full incident, helium said, arsenic quoted by Cricinfo.Nayeem was released successful the aboriginal hours of Saturday and returned home.
The incidental drew reactions from respective Bangladesh cricketers connected societal media. Senior subordinate Mushfiqur Rahim expressed enactment for Nayeem and called for an investigation."What happened to Nayeem is perfectly unacceptable. I privation a just probe of the incident. I americium wounded and ashamed astatine what happened to Nayeem. I protestation this incidental arsenic a Bangladesh citizen. Nayeem, we are with you!"The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) besides issued a connection connected Saturday, saying it expects a "thorough and impartial investigation" into the matter."The Bangladesh Cricket Board expresses its heavy interest regarding the reported incidental involving harassment and maltreatment of Bangladesh nationalist squad cricketer Nayeem Hasan by immoderate instrumentality enforcing bureau members successful Chattogram connected Friday evening," the BCB connection said. "The committee powerfully condemns the unacceptable and inappropriate behaviour displayed towards the subordinate and views the substance with the utmost seriousness.
Such attraction of a nationalist jock is profoundly regrettable and warrants contiguous attention."The BCB expects a thorough and impartial probe into the incidental and urges the applicable authorities to instrumentality due enactment against those recovered responsible."Nayeem has been named successful Bangladesh's 15-member squad for the one-off Test against Zimbabwe aboriginal this month. The off-spinner has played 14 Tests for Bangladesh since making his debut successful 2018.
