Nayeem Hasan allegedly harassed by law enforcement agency in Chattogram

Nayeem Hasan allegedly harassed by law enforcement agency in Chattogram

Bangladesh Test off-spinner Nayeem Hasan was allegedly harassed by members of a law enforcement agency in his hometown of Chattogram on Saturday.

The incident occurred late at night after Nayeem returned home following his final game for Prime Bank Cricket Club in the recently-concluded Dhaka Premier League at BKSP in Dhaka on June 12.

Nayeem, who was picked for the upcoming Test series against Zimbabwe, appeared shaken while describing the incident after being released by the police.

"My Premier League game was going on, my flight was delayed. I was coming from the airport through my CNG and at around 11:25 PM they stopped my CNG under the Lankan Bazar flyover and took the documents from the driver," Nayeem told reporters.

"I told the police, 'If necessary, you can check my bag' but they grabbed me by the throat and said 'Get in the car' and took me into their car," he said.

"I said 'Why are you grabbing me by the throat' but they pushed me out. Then they grabbed me, beat me and abused me," he added.

"I even told them that I am a national cricketer and represent the country in Test matches but they hardly bothered to listen and only when they got phone calls and were informed about me, did they change their attitude," he said.

Amirul Islam, Deputy Police Commissioner (North), Chattogram Metropolitan Police, told reporters that the matter is being investigated and assured Nayeem that justice would be served.

"We can assure you that he will get justice," said Amirul. "We are investigating the matter and whoever did it will be punished because we have zero tolerance in this regard."