Ten years in jail on corruption charges

Former Bangladesh board head sent to prison

Cricinfo staff

October 7, 2007

Ali Asghar Lobi, the former president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after being found guilty of corruption by a Dhaka court.

"Asghar will have to serve 10 years in jail for [ illegally] amassing wealth, and another three years for concealing the information in his wealth statement to the Anti-Corruption Commission," the state prosecutor told reporters. "The jail terms will commence one after another."

He was also ordered to pay a US$14,500 fine or face an additional six months in prison, and his wife, Khusnud, was sentenced to three years for abetting her husband.

Asghar was president of the BCB between 2001 and 2006 when the BNP, of which he was a member, was in power. He was also president of the Asian Cricket Council for two years.

In January, the government was overthrown by an army-backed interim government. Asghar was arrested the following month as part of a massive crackdown on corruption. In July he received an eight-year term after being found guilty of tax evasion.

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Comments have now been closed for this article This incident of Ali Asghar proved that how corrupted the leaders were in Bagladesh. It's nice to see that justice is being served. I wonder how the Bangladesh Cricket Board was running under him. BCB should be investigated too and bring the corrupted leaders under justice. Posted by Hasan-Shahid on October 09 2007, 13:24 PM GMT hopefully all those still in the market of corruption learns a lesson from it. bangladesh suffering from serious corruption effects Posted by tinzon on October 09 2007, 10:36 AM GMT Top ^

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