Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) have appointed Abu Mohammad Humayun Morshed as the head of BCB Anti Corruption Department. Nizamuddin Chowdhury the CEO of the board confirmed that the appointment was part of International Cricket Council’s (ICC) guideline while adding further that they were supposed to appoint an anti corruption head earlier.
Morshed recently retired as a Major from Bangladesh Army and his background of serving the nation in defense and security only bodes for him as his new role would require him to monitor all the domestic competitions and rectify the wrongdoings alongside the obvious anti corruption activities. Nizamuddin informed that every cricket board has an anti corruption official of its own.
“This is not a directive from the ICC but it’s a part of its guideline and we were supposed to appoint someone in this position much earlier.”
He also informed that the new head of anti corruption department will be monitoring the upcoming premier league. However he did also mention that they will not be policing all the time. “This is just one of the departments of BCB and manpower will be increased if needed. This department will be monitoring the upcoming league but they will not be policing,” he said.
The new head of the anti corruption department will coordinate with the ICC’s Anti Corruption and Security Unit (Acsu) during international matches and will also provide them with the logistic supports.
Major Morshed will also arrange programmes on a bigger scale regarding corruption issues with the captain and the manager of the clubs in the upcoming DPL. This role will also see him teach general anti corruption rules to the players and club officials.
However, it will be a tough ask for the anti corruption department to take any step against the club officials as most of the club officials are also directors of the board although the CEO affirmed that the disciplinary panel has always been independent.
“If we receive this type of complain, there is disciplinary panel and this disciplinary panel is completely independent. It worked with full freedom regarding the corruption issues of the Bangladesh Premier League,” he added.
