Wriddhiman Saha vs Journalist: BCCI has taken the entire episode of Wriddhiman Saha vs Boria Majumdar seriously and is set to impose a two-year ban on the veteran journalist. BCCI’s three-member committee found him guilty of intimidating Saha after the veteran cricketer did not respond to an interview request.
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“We will be informing all state units of the Indian cricket board to not allow him inside stadiums. He won’t be given media accreditation for home matches and we will also be writing to ICC to blacklist him. Players will be asked not to engage with him,” a BCCI official told The Indian Express.
Wriddhiman Saha vs Journalist: BCCI all set to impose two-year ban on Boria Majumdar as probe finds him guilty of ‘intimidating Saha’
Wriddhiman Saha vs Journalist: What are the sanctions on Boria Majumdar?
- Two-year suspension from stadiums.
- BCCI will write to state associations and ban him from all cricket stadiums.
- His existing accreditation will be cancelled.
- BCCI will also inform the ICC of the incident and suspend him from attending any ICC events.
- Cricketers will not be allowed to give interviews to Majumdar.
- Majumdar will not be allowed to interview or contact any Indian cricketer.
Wriddhiman Saha vs Journalist: BCCI all set to impose two-year ban on Boria Majumdar as probe finds him guilty of ‘intimidating Saha’
Wriddhiman Saha vs Journalist: What exactly happened?
The issue was highlighted in February when Saha shared screenshots of a WhatsApp chat. In the chat, then unnamed journalist said that he would never interview him as he did not respond to an interview request. It was after Saha was dropped from the Indian Test team.
After all of my contributions to Indian cricket..this is what I face from a so called “Respected” journalist! This is where the journalism has gone. pic.twitter.com/woVyq1sOZX
— Wriddhiman Saha (@Wriddhipops) February 19, 2022
“After all of my contributions to Indian cricket… this is what I face from a so-called ‘Respected’ journalist! This is where journalism has gone,” Wriddhiman Saha said in the tweet.
Wriddhiman Saha vs Journalist: BCCI all set to impose two-year ban on Boria Majumdar as probe finds him guilty of ‘intimidating Saha’
In the screenshots, Majumdar said, “You did not call. Never again will I interview you. I don’t take insults kindly. And I will remember this.”
After Saha’s revelation, BCCI formed a three-member committee to probe the matter. BCCI Vice-president Rajeev Shukla, treasurer Arun Dhumal and Prabhtej Bhatia, who is an apex council member interviewed both Saha and Majumdar on the allegations.
Wriddhiman Saha vs Journalist: BCCI all set to impose two-year ban on Boria Majumdar as probe finds him guilty of ‘intimidating Saha’
Wriddhiman Saha vs Journalist: What did the committee find?
- The committee found that Majumdar of bullying and intimidating Saha.
- The committee proposed a ban on Majumder.
There are always two sides to a story. @Wriddhipops has doctored, tampered screenshots of my WhatsApp chats which have damaged my reputation and credibility. I have requested the @BCCI for a fair hearing. My lawyers are serving @Wriddhipops a defamation notice. Let truth prevail. pic.twitter.com/XBsiFVpskl
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) March 5, 2022
Wriddhiman Saha vs Journalist: BCCI all set to impose two-year ban on Boria Majumdar as probe finds him guilty of ‘intimidating Saha’
However, Boria Majumder, in a Twitter post, said Wriddhiman Saha had doctored the WhatsApp chat and he had the evidence to prove it. But as it stands, BCCI has decided to stand by the centrally contracted player.
“I had been deeply anguished by what has transpired in the last few weeks and that’s because Wriddhiman Saha has fabricated, doctored and manipulated screenshots and has put it out in the public domain trying to implicate me and garner public sympathy in the process,” Majumdar in the video.
Wriddhiman Saha vs Journalist: BCCI all set to impose two-year ban on Boria Majumdar as probe finds him guilty of ‘intimidating Saha’
