New Delhi: Following Wriddhiman Saha’s drop from the Test squad, Journalist Boris Majumdar has been banned for two years after he was found guilty of bullying, threatening, and intimidating wicketkeeper-batsman.
The committee of BCCI namely the vice-president Rajeev Shukla, treasurer Arun Dhumal, and councillor Prabhtej Singh Bhatia agreed with the charges brought by Saha against Majumdar. They also recommended to the BCCI Apex Committee for a two-year ban of the journalist from getting accreditation as a member of the press in any match (domestic or international) in India, from getting any interviews with registered players in India, and from access to any of BCCI or member association-owned cricket facilities.
The interaction happened between Saha and Majumdar on Twitter, following which BCCI decided to investigate the matter to avoid a repeat of similar instances with any other player.
“As you may be aware, Wriddhiman Saha had shared screenshots of messages sent by a journalist on the social media platform, Twitter, wherein he stated that he felt bullied by the conduct of the said journalist. Saha in the hearing named Boria Majumdar as the journalist.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India had taken cognizance of this incident and deemed it necessary to investigate and probe the matter to avoid the recurrence of such instances with other players,” reads a letter from BCCI.
The letter further read, “The key issue for deliberation for the BCCI Committee in the matter was to ascertain if the messages sent by the journalist were in the nature of threat and intimidation. The BCCI Committee considered the submissions by both Saha and Majumdar and concluded that the actions by Majumdar were indeed in the nature of threat and intimidation.”
