BCCI slaps 2-year ban on journalist Boria Mazumdar

Mumbai, May 4: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday slapped a two-year ban on journalist Boria Majumdar for intimidating wicketkeeper-batter Wriddhiman Saha. The veteran India wicket-keeper had alleged that he was intimidated by a journalist for not giving an interview. Saha revealed Majumdar’s name to a three-member BCCI committee, comprising Vice President Rajeev Shukla, Treasurer Arun Singh Dhumal and Councilor Prabhtej Singh Bhatia, earlier this year. Simultaneously, Majumdar identified himself as the one accused by Saha in a Twitter video. The committee considered the submissions by both Saha and Majumdar and concluded that the actions by the journalist were “indeed in the nature of threat and intimidation”. In an order, BCCI stated that Majumdar has been banned for two years from getting “any accreditation as a member of the press in any of the cricket matches (domestic and international) in India; any interview with any registered player in India; and access to any of BCCI and members associations owned cricket facilities”. (UNI)