Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW
Vol. 5 Num 963 Wed. February 14, 2007  
   
Sports


School boys on rampage!


Happy Times International School authority yesterday complained that coach and players of BCSIR School, their oppositions of Saturday's match in the Standard Chartered Young Tigers National School Cricket Tournament, had assaulted their cricketers.

During the match, the BCSIR boys used abusive language but Happy Times continued the game at request of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) officials, according to a press release issued by the Happy Times.

After the match, Happy Times captain, who went to inform of this incident to the rival coach, was attacked by an opposition player which followed a mass assault. Allegedly, the BCSIR students used bats and wickets as weapons.

The unruly boys did not even spare other students and Happy Times coach when they tried to rescue their captain.

Happy Times coach Shamsur Rahman Jeki later filed a general diary at the Mohammadpur Thana.

Although BCB's school cricket project administrator Abu Imam Kawser ensured that he would take necessary steps to look into the incident, the board has yet to take any actions in more than 24 hours.