BCCI committee to probe journalist’s risk to Wriddhiman Saha

The BCCI has shaped a three-member committee to probe into the allegation of Wriddhiman Saha receiving threats from a journalist, who purportedly despatched him a string of WhatsApp messages, not easy an interview. The cricket board’s vice-president Rajiv Shukla, treasurer Arun Dhumal and the BCCI Apex Council member Prabhtej Singh Bhatia represent the committee that can get started the inquiry lawsuits early subsequent week.

This comes on an afternoon when Saha dropped a touch that he could be open to revealing the identify of the journalist, even supposing for the “time being” he’s keeping up secrecy. This paper had previous reported that the BCCI would ask Saha to expose the identification of the journalist.

“The Board of Regulate for Cricket in India (BCCI) has nowadays constituted a three-member committee to appear into the subject of Wriddhiman Saha receiving threats and intimidation from a senior journalist. The 3 member committee incorporates BCCI Vice-President Mr Rajiv Shukla, BCCI Treasurer Mr Arun Singh Dhumal and BCCI Apex Council Member Mr Prabhtej Singh Bhatia. The committee will get started the lawsuits as early as subsequent week,” mentioned the cricket board free up.

Saha, the wicketkeeper-batsman, who has been dropped from the Check crew for the approaching two suits in opposition to Sri Lanka, posted a tweet on February 19, taking pictures a screenshot of the messages like: “In any case of my contributions to Indian cricket..that is what I face from a so referred to as “Revered” journalist! That is the place the journalism has long past.” Every other message from the unnamed journalist had mentioned: “You didn’t name. By no means once more will I interview you. I don’t take insults kindly. And I will be able to keep in mind this.”

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Accordingly, the BCCI press free up said: “Saha, a centrally shrunk cricketer used to be allegedly threatened via a senior journalist for now not responding to his messages inquiring for an interview. Taking cognizance of the subject the BCCI were given involved with Saha and determined to represent a three-member committee to analyze the subject.”

On Friday, all through a dialog with The Indian information, the 37-year-old mentioned, “I handle the stand of now not revealing the identification of the journalist in the meanwhile. I mentioned this in my different tweets as smartly. I will’t let you know what’s going to occur at some point.” The dialog came about sooner than the BCCI issued the click free up.

Saha had previous informed this paper that he wouldn’t divulge the identification of the unnamed particular person. “In the event that they inquire from me to expose the identify (of the journalist), I might inform them it used to be by no means my goal to hurt anyone’s profession, to tug an individual down. That’s why I didn’t divulge the identify in my tweet. That’s now not the instructing of my folks. The primary goal of my tweet used to be to reveal the truth that there’s any individual within the media who does such issues, disrespecting a participant’s want,” he had mentioned.

Later, posting a chain of tweets on February 22, he reiterated it, whilst the use of the phrase “bullying”. “I used to be harm and angry. I believed to not tolerate such more or less behaviour and didn’t need someone to move thru a lot of these bullying.

I determined I will be able to cross out and divulge the chat in public eye, however now not his/her identify”, mentioned the tweets, which additionally added, “My nature isn’t such that I will be able to hurt someone to the level of finishing any individual’s profession. So on grounds of humanity taking a look at his/her circle of relatives, It’s not that i am exposing the identify in the meanwhile. But when such a repetition occurs, I will be able to now not grasp again.”

Saha, who has performed 40 Exams and 9 ODIs, is a Grade B central contractee, with an annual retainer price of Rs three crore.