Piplu suspended, Fakirerpool fined

The Bangladesh Football Federation yesterday fined Youngmen's Fakirerpool Club Taka 2 lakh while also suspending its former assistant manager MH Piplu for one year from all football related activities for an assault on a referee last week.

The decision came during a meeting of the disciplinary committee, which found the allegations of the attack to be proven beyond doubt.

The incident had taken place last Tuesday as Piplu and eight or nine assailants assaulted referee Golam Morshed Chowdhury Nayan, who was returning to his hotel after officiating a Bangladesh Championship League match between Youngmen's Fakirerpool and Uttar Baridhara.

The decisions will be effective from September 14 while the club will have to deposit the amount of fine within the next 30 days.