“All the charges against him [Ashraful] were proven and he will remain suspended from all forms of cricket for eight years minus the provisional suspension that he has been serving since May 2013.”
Former judge Khademul Islam, who headed the BPL tribunal, pronounced the punishment on Wednesday.
“The legal point, based on which the January 5 election was held, was correct. However, it was not ethically acceptable.”
Said Mahmudul, who was appointed by the High Court as an amici curia, which means an impartial adviser to the court, in this issue.
“Still there is time. We want meaningful dialogue with the government in a bid to organise fresh elections. We want elections immediately after reaching an understanding.”
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said while addressing a discussion on Wednesday.
“Subhan along with more than 50 razakars besieged our house on October 30 of 1971 and started to torture the family members. After some time, they tied my brother with a mango tree, and looted gold and cattle from our house. Later they set it on fire.”
Aziz, a witness from Pabna accused top war crimes suspect Maulana Abdus Subhan of killing his brother along with several others in their village during the 1971 Liberation War.