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Premier League stopped

Sports Reporter
Dhaka football came to a grinding halt on Saturday when the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) suspended the on-going Premier League for three days.
The ruling by the BFF came a day after Mohammedan Sporting Club reiterated their stubborn stand of boycotting the League until their allegation of match-fixing involving holders Brothers Union was not solved.
"We felt that we need to give a long look into the allegations made by Mohammedan, Abahani and Skeikh Russel, that's why we have suspended the League. We will meet the general secretaries or presidents of all clubs tomorrow to find out a solution. If the meeting fails to reach any conclusion, we will place the matter before BFF's executive committee meeting which is scheduled for Tuesday," said BFF president SA Sultan, who was apparently looked helpless with the crisis.
The BFF boss admitted the existence of a secret committee to look into match-fixing issue but said: "The reality is that nobody wants to do the job."
Mohammedan were scheduled to play their return-leg match against Farashganj Sporting Club at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) yesterday. Followers of the Black and Whites did turn up in their hundreds at the 'Big Bowl', but they were more interested to support their club's demand. And for a second successive day, they were seen hand in hand with the fans of rival Abahani camp in a ceaseless protest in front of the BFF office at the BNS.
The Metropolis Football League Committee (MFLC), which runs the Premier League, announced on Friday that they would not bow to the undue pressure from the big guns. But it caved in quickly only to reestablish the worst kept secret that the local football was going to be dictated by the wishes of Abahani and Mohammedan.
Farashganj Sporting Club turned up at the BNS two hours before the scheduled kick off at 5pm only to learn the news of the sudden suspension.
"It is unfortunate that the League officials verbally informed us about the suspension merely an hour before the start of the match. It is a breach of bylaws where it is clearly written that the involved teams have to be informed about suspension of a game twenty-four hours before the kick off," said Farashganj coach Mir Mohammad Ali Faruque.
Mohammedan, on the other hand, considered the decision as a small victory but the club's general secretary Lokman Hossain Bhuiyan said that they would not play any further matches until those games in question involving Brothers were solved.
"It's a small victory for us. The suspension justifies our demand. But we are determined to continue to boycott the League if those particular matches are not declared illegal," said Lokman.
Meanwhile, general secretary of MFLC Mozammel Haque Mukta said that the ball was now in BFF's court.
"I agree that the bylaws don't give us this right, but the BFF can take this kind of decision in emergency situation."
The seasoned organiser believes that the BFF will broker a truce this time like the way it did during the players' transfers earlier this year.
On the other hand, Brothers Union, the team in the eye of the storm, termed the suspension of the League unfortunate.
"This is nothing new. We have seen it in the past where the establishment bowed to the undue pressure from the two crowd-pulling teams. The allegation of Mohamme-dan, Abahani and Skeikh Russel against us is baseless. They are doing it just to save their skin from their loyal supporters," said Brothers Union general secretary Mizan-uddin Ahmed.