BCB polls: Aminul accuses Asif Mahmud of intimidating councilors

Aminul Haque, sports secretary of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and former captain of the national football team, has made serious allegations of government interference in the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) elections held on Monday. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Zia Inter-Volleyball Tournament at the Paltan Volleyball Stadium on Tuesday, Aminul claimed that the sports adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan exerted improper influence over the electoral process, including directly contacting and pressuring council members. “I was shocked to learn that the sports adviser called several councilors and pressured them to vote a certain way,” Aminul said. “Many of them contacted me personally to report this. I never imagined he would behave in such a manner.” He stressed that...