MSC stars want stern action against Lokman
Former star players and members of Mohammedan Sporting Club urged authorities to take stern action against the recently-arrested director-in-charge of the club, Lokman Hossain Bhuiyan, calling for bringing back the money he laundered abroad while urging for actions to rid the club of all evil.
The speakers, under the banner ‘Former players and permanent members of Mohammedan Sporting Club’, at the press conference titled ‘Protest against illegal casino and poor results on the field’ made these appeals at a press conference at the National Press Club yesterday.
Badal Roy, star footballer of the ‘80s and a former director of the club, said those who played for the club and feel the club as their home are saddened by the ‘casinogate’, an operation carried out by the law enforcement agencies unearthing illegal casino business at a number of sporting clubs, with the pioneering club Mohammedan at the centre of attention.
“Crores of Mohammedan fans are shedding tears in silence now. Casiono business does not go with the spirit of Mohammedan. We want stern action against Lokman. There has not been a money laundering case against him. We want the 41 crore taka he siphoned off abroad to be brought back,” Roy told reporters.
Roy also urged the Bangladesh Cricket Board to expel the sports organiser where he is currently a director.
“We are saddened by the statement of the BCB president, who called Lokman Bhuiyan as a friend yet said he was not aware of the casino business. We want Lokman removed from BCB office. We also want the Mohammedan directors to step down within three days. We also want an explanation from the president of the club, Obaidul Karim, regarding how the money from the donors were spent for such activities such as casinos and gambling,” Roy said, adding that neither he nor any other member at the press conference were not aware of the casino business at the club tent.
The speakers also claimed that they would go to the club on Sunday and talk with the club officials regarding how to run its activities properly, including taking part in the upcoming football transfers.
Recently a high court bench reportedly appointed Supreme Court Bar Association president AM Amin Uddin as president in order to conduct Mohammedan’s suspended AGM.
The tenure of current board of directors ended in 2013. The board of directors tried to hold the elections and AGM in 2015 but could not do it due to a case filed by MSC member Riazuddin. The current body is running Mohammedan.
The press conference was attended, among others, by former Mohammedan football stars Kaiser Hamid, Syaeed Hasan Kanon, Fazlur Rahman Babul, Rumman Bin Wali Sabbir, Imtiaz Sultan Jonny, Ahmed Imtiaz Nakib, Iliyas Hossain; former hockey secretary Sajed A Adel, cricket organisers and former assistant general secretary Mostakur Rahman.
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