Pakistani fan reportedly harassed after loss to Bangladesh

Mohammad Bashir was forced to wear Bangladeshi flag after his team’s loss on Wednesday


Sports Desk March 04, 2016
PHOTO: Facebook

Mohammad Bashir, who travelled to Mirpur to watch the Asia Cup match between Pakistan and Bangladesh, was harassed by spectators and forced to wear the Bangladeshi flag after his team’s loss on Wednesday.

Photographs emerged on Facebook confirming Bashir’s situation, wearing Bangladeshi flag, in front of Elias Uddin Mollah – a political figure in Bangladesh’s ruling Awami League.

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PHOTO: FACEBOOK

Bashir, who travels around the world with Pakistan cricket team, was reduced to tears.

According to reports, Mollah had urged spectators to wrap Bangladesh’s flag around Bashir.

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The helpless Pakistani cricket fan couldn’t do much to protest against the number of spectators.

This article originally appeared in Deccan Chronicle

COMMENTS (22)

indi | 8 years ago | Reply disgusting behaviour. he is a nice person
gp65 | 8 years ago | Reply @Sarcastic Indian: No one teased him. He voluntarily wore the flag to honor his friend. There is a YouTube video out there which proves that. This report is fake.
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