Probe report in share market manipulation case against Shakib on 3 March
Judge Md Sabbir Faiz of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court set the date as investigation agency of the case, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) failed to file the report today.
A Dhaka court today (26 November) fixed 3 March next year for submitting the investigation report in a case filed against 15 individuals, including former Bangladesh national cricket team captain and ex-lawmaker Shakib Al Hasan, over allegations of share market manipulation, fraud and money laundering.
Judge Md Sabbir Faiz of Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court set the date as investigation agency of the case, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) failed to file the report today.
The other accused in the case are deputy registrar of the Department of Cooperatives Abul Khair, his wife Qazi Sadia Hasan, Abul Kalam Matbor, Kanika Afroz, Mohammad Bashar, Sajed Matbor, Aleya Begum, Qazi Fuad Hasan, Qazi Farid Hasan, Shirin Akter, Zaved A Matin, Jahed Kamal, Humayun Kabir and Tanvir Nizam.
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ACC Assistant Director Sajjad Hossain filed the case on 17 June 2025.
According to the case statement, the accused artificially inflated the prices of specific shares in the stock market by conducting illegal series transactions in their beneficiary owner (BO) accounts, engaging in fraudulent active trading, gambling and speculation.
Their manipulation deceived general investors, causing them to lose large sums of money. Through these activities, a total of Tk256.97 crore was misappropriated-defined as "proceeds of crime."
