BFF fines Police; bans four players

The disciplinary committee of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) yesterday fined Bangladesh Championship League’s new champions Bangladesh Police FC Tk 5 lakh while suspending four of its players for different terms due to an attack by a police constable and four of its players on a BFF executive during the league’s last match on May 24.

The police constable, Shamim, assaulted BFF’s competition manager Zaber Bin Ansari after being denied entry into the ground during that match against Feni Soccer Club. Later, four more players joined him in the assault, just after the completion of the prize giving ceremony at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.

All four police players – Amirul Islam, Tarek Aziz, Azmi Omar and Sarwar Hossain – have been given Tk one lakh fine for their involvement. Islam and Aziz have been suspended for two matches while Omar and Hossain have been handed nine-match bans each. Physiotherapist of the team, Santanu Mallik, too, has been banned for nine matches and fined Tk 2 lakh.

Shamim has been given life-time stadium ban across the country, said a press release from BFF yesterday.