NEW DELHI: The BCCI Apex Council will review the probe committee’s report concerning India wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha, who had accused journalist Boria Majumdar of intimidating him, at its meeting on April 23.
The BCCI had formed a three-member panel comprising vice-president Rajeev Shukla, treasurer Arun Dhumal and Apex Council member Prabhtej Bhatia to probe Saha’s allegation.
The 37-year-old India discard appeared before the Committee last month and so did the accused journalist Majumdar and presented their respective versions. Saha had alleged that Majumdar intimidated him for not giving him an interview.
BCCI is expected to close the matter at the Apex Council meeting
“Review of the Committee report on issue concerning Mr Wriddhiman Saha,” read item No. 4 on the meeting agenda which is in PTI’s possession.
Majumdar on his part had claimed that Saha had “doctored” the WhatsApp screenshots of the chats he had with him before putting it on social media, triggering a massive controversy.
A centrally-contracted player, Saha had posted a series of tweets on February 23 against the then unnamed journalist, who ha
Saha was told by head coach Rahul Dravid in South Africa that he was no longer in the scheme of things and this classified information was revealed by the cricketer himself. —PTI

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