Cricketer Shakib Al Hasan given an armed bodyguard after death threats
Sri Lanka, Nov. 19 -- Bangladesh all-rounder and former captain Shakib Al Hasan has been given an armed bodyguard after he was threatened for attending a Hindu ceremony in India according to foreign media reports.
The cricketer has been a target of Islamists in Bangladesh, who have also held large anti-France rallies in recent weeks following president Emmanuel Macron's defence of the right to publish cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed.
The 33-year-old sparked a social media storm after attending a ceremony in Kolkata dedicated to a Hindu goddess on November 12.
A man threatened Shakib on social media for "hurting religious sentiment" and he was later arrested by police. After the cricketer's picture at the programme in Kolkata's ...
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