Nine including Mohammad Ashraful have been accused of match-fixing in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 2013.
ICC Chief Executive David Richardson and President of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Nazmul Hassan Papon, MP disclosed these at a crowded press conference organized jointly by ICC and BCB at the Radisson Blue Water Garden Hotel in the city on Tuesday.
David Richardson said, " There will be a three-member tribunal, including a representative from the BCB, which will determine the degree of penalties for offences allegedly committed in violation of BCB's Anti-Corruption Code."
BCB will give punishment to the accused including Mohammad Ashraful. Those who were directly involved in spot-fixing will be given punishment for five years to life-time.
The accused will get 14 days to prove that they were not engaged in spot-fixing.
Anti-Corruption Security Unit (ACSU) of Internationa Cricket Council (ICC) investigated about the involvement of match-fixing in BPL 2013. ACSU submitted its probe report to BCB on Tuesday.
ACSU found that seven out of nine were directly engaged in the spot-fixing during the match of BPL between Dhaka Gladiators and Chittagong Kings. Rest of the two individuals knew about the match-fixing but they did not tell it to the Governing Council of BPL.
David Richardson paid tribute to the work of ACSU. David said, " During its investigation, the ACSU interviewed a large number of people who were involved in BPL 2013 and collected sufficient evidence from a number of sources that has culminated in the charges that have been brought today."
Richardson said, " Considering the limited sources available to the ACSU and the limitations that apply to its ability to uncover sufficient evidence to disrupt conspiracies of this kind, I am pleased that this investigation has led to this outcome." ICC CEO said, " Whilst we have charged some individuals with failing to report corrupt approaches that were made to them, it is important to stress that this investigation has also been built upon, among other things, evidence gathered from other individuals who not only rejected corrupt approaches made to them, but then did what they were supposed to do, and reported to them to the ACSU."
Nazmul Hassan said, "Those found guilty will be punished severely. BCB is committed to doing everything possible to defend it from the very small group of people who are willing to compromise the values of the overwhelming majority for personal greed and, in so doing, bring disgrace upon themselves and their associates, as well as tarnishing the image of the game."
It may be mentioned that ACSU found that Ashraful of Dhaka Gladiators was directly involved in spot-fixing.
Later, in an emergency meeting of BCB on June 4 banned Ashraful in all kind of cricket competitions.
After that Ashraful begged apology to the nation for his misdeed.
Ashraful also disclosed some names of the cricketers and cricket organizers who were engaged in match-fixing but they denied that they were involved in those crimes. Of them, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Mohammad Rafique, Khaled Mahmud Sujan, Habibul Bashar and franchise of Dhaka Gladiators Shihab Chowdhury are mentionable.
It may be noted that Chief of ACSU Y P Singh, Chief of Law Department of ACSU Ian Higins and Dr Alan Picock arrived in Dhaka along with David Richardson on Monday to