Sourav Ganguly Breaks Silence After Receiving Death Threat

Co ce s
have
su faced
ac oss
the
c icket
commu ity
followi g
evelatio s
that
fo me
I dia
captai
a d
C icket
Associatio
of
Be gal
(CAB)
P eside t
Sou av
Ga guly
eceived
w itte
death
th eats
ta geted
at
him
a d
his
family.
A
fo mal
complai t
has
bee
egiste ed,
a d
law
e fo ceme t
age cies
a e
actively
pu sui g
the
matte .

Add essi g
the
media
o
F iday,
Ga guly
co fi med
that
official
complai ts
we e
lodged
a d
stated
that
he
is
elyi g
o
local
autho ities
to
b i g
cla ity
to
the
situatio
quickly.

Ga guly& squo;s
Stateme t
o
Secu ity
&
Local
Leads

The
fo me
captai
dow played
pe so al
secu ity
fea s,
oti g
that
sta da d
p otectio
p otocols
a e
al eady
active
while
poi ti g
out
ea ly
t acki g
details:

“We
have
b ought
this
to
the
atte tio
of
the
police,
a d
I
have
complete
faith
that
they
will
esolve
the
matte .
The
pho e
umbe
co ected
to
this
has
bee
t aced
locally
to
Kolkata.
I
am
co fide t
the
autho ities
will
take
app op iate
actio .
My
secu ity
measu es
a e
al eady
i
place.”
–
Sou av
Ga guly.

Escalati g
Th eat
Lette s
Received
at
CAB
Office

The
issue
escalated
afte
two
explicit
lette s
we e
delive ed
to
Ga guly’s
office
at
the
C icket
Associatio
of
Be gal,
issui g
di ect
th eats
agai st
the
fo me
skippe ,
his
wife
Do a
Ga guly,
a d
his
close
associates.

Followi g
the
a ival
of
the
ece t
co espo de ce,
a
fo mal
epo t
was
lodged
at
the
Thaku puku
Police
Statio
i
South
Kolkata.

Six-Mo th
Timeli e

Police
i vestigatio s
evealed
that
simila
co espo de ce
had
bee
a ivi g
at
the
CAB
headqua te s
ove
the
past
six
mo ths.
I itial
lette s
we e
dismissed
as
o -c edible
p a ks;
howeve ,
police
we e
ale ted
immediately
o ce
the
to e
shifted
towa d
explicit
physical
ha m.

Police
I vestigatio
&
Key
Leads

Kolkata
Police
a d
i vestigative
depa tme ts
a e
p ese tly
a alyzi g
physical
a d
digital
evide ce
to
dete mi e
both
the
sou ce
a d
i te t:

P elimi a y
fi di gs
suggest
the
lette s
we e
dispatched
via
a
p ivate
cou ie
se vice
ope ati g
out
of
the
Belgha ia
egio
i
No th
24
Pa ga as
dist ict.
I vestigato s
a e
evaluati g
cou ie
dispatch
eceipts,
ha dw iti g
patte s,
a d
local
SIM
ca d
activity
associated
with
the
li ked
Kolkata
mobile
umbe .

Si gle
vs.
Multiple
Se de s

Autho ities
a e
ve ifyi g
whethe
all
lette s
delive ed
ove
the
six-mo th
pe iod
o igi ate
f om
a
si gle
i dividual
o
ep ese t
a
coo di ated
effo t
by
multiple
pa ties.

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