Bangladesh Football Federation (BAFFE) general secretary Abu Naim Sohag has been banned by FIFA for two years for financial irregularities.
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At the end of the executive committee meeting at Bafufe Bhavan in Motijheli on Monday, Abdus Salam Murshedi, the senior vice-president and chairman of the finance committee, had a question from the media, whether the charge of corruption is on you as the chairman of the finance committee due to which the general secretary has been banned?
Abdus Salam Murshedi got angry on asking such a question. No, there are no allegations of corruption, he said loudly. There is no corruption. You decide the language. In fact he did not follow the actual rules to purchase a thing. Everything is written in FIFA's 51-page report. So I would say there was no corruption.
He also said that the amount of purchase was low or not properly, due to which the investigation was done. People from FIFA, AFC have come and seen this. They looked at the company where the purchase was made. Checked their registration, checked their business background. They gave this ban because they were not satisfied.
Regarding fraud, Salam Murshedi said that if it was a fraud, he did it personally. He sent a buck, a sum or a dollar to such and such a place. That's his personal, not the Football Federation's. But there is no fraud in the finance committee. He is banned because he did something like that. If he had done it right, he wouldn't have been banned.
Sohag's misdemeanor, will you be a part of the infamy? In response to such a question, Salam Murshedi said, we will not take any blame. Because, it is not Blaine of Finance Committee of Bangladesh Football Federation. Again I say that (Sohag) did not follow proper procedure.
The general secretary did so much, the finance committee could not see it, is it not your failure? When asked, Salam Murshedi said, failure is not a matter of success here. General Secretary is the highest post.
In response to a question, Salam Murshedi said, we constantly receive letters from FIFA-AFC on various issues. Want to know about various issues, we answer.
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