BKSP suspended in BFF competitions over falsification of identity

Bangladesh Football Federation has suspended Bangladesh Krira Shikha Protisthan, the lone sports education institute of the country, from taking part in any of its competitions for one year over 'forgery and falsification' of players' identities.

The governing body of local football also penalised BKSP with one lakh taka monetary fine while slapping two of its football coaches with one-year suspension along with Tk 25,000 fine. Furthermore, four players, whose identities were forged to field them in different lower league matches, were suspended for various terms.

The decisions came at a meeting of the BFF disciplinary committee on Sunday after it deemed the allegations against the institute and the concerned coaches and players to be beyond any doubt.

BFF, in a press release, mentioned that BKSP forged identities of three of its players while fielding them for Chawkbazar Kings in the U-17 Third Division League matches. When these three players were registered to play for BKSP in the Second Division League, it came to BFF's notice and the federation instantly suspended them from taking part. These players later admitted to the forgery to BFF and it came out that two of their coaches were also involved in the forgery.

Despite instruction from the BFF to refrain these players from the BFF competitions, BKSP later fielded another of their players who played in the Third Division for Chawkbazar Kings in the BKSP team in the Second Division.

The suspended coaches are: Shahinul Haque and Robiul Islam while the suspended players are: Tasin Shahed, Ihsan Habib Riduwan, Rifat Kazi, and Ikramul Islam.

BFF instructed BKSP and the two coaches to pay the monetary fines within a month.

When contacted, Mizanur Rahman, BKSP's director of training, said that he did not yet get the letter and would only comment on the issue after he had gone through the verdict.