According to reports, the victim’s father filed a first information report against Shakib and former prime minister Sheikh Hasina at a Dhaka police station on Thursday.

Shakib, who is currently on tour with the Bangladesh national team in Pakistan, was a member of the dissolved Bangladesh Parliament that was led by Hasina. The former PM was forced to flee the country earlier this month amidst mass protests.

The interim government in Bangladesh has granted Shakib permission to participate in the ongoing Test series against Pakistan, the first match of which began on Wednesday.

Shakib is Bangladesh’s key all-rounder, having scored 4,505 runs in 67 Test matches and taken 237 wickets - the most by any Bangladeshi bowler in the format.

Neither Shakib nor the Bangladesh Cricket Board has commented on the murder allegations at this time.