Many former cricketers have come in support of veteran India keeper Wriddhiman Saha, who revealed that an eminent journalist had threatened him on chatting app WhatsApp after he missed his call for an interview.
The 37-year-old didn’t disclose the reporter’s identity on social media but expressed his disgrace over the kind of messages he received for an interview, screenshots of which he shared on his Twitter account.
Now former India opener Aakash Chopra slammed the journalist for his rudeness, suggesting that the messages sent were akin to those of a ‘kidnapper’. Speaking in his latest YouTube video, Chopra underlined the words written in the message to Saha and tried to decode the emotion with which it was written.
“This person is some journalist. Because Saha has not said who he/she is, I am not going to speculate. The rumor market is extremely hot, a lot of people have made their conjectures. Whoever the journalist is, you are actually talking like a kidnapper,” Chopra said in a video on his YouTube channel.
“Choose the one who is going to help you’ - what clout you have that you are giving a threat and telling to choose him/her else face the consequences. ‘I will remember this’ - it is a threat. So much entitlement and arrogance. Where do you get this from? This wasn’t something you should have done’ - this was the final nail in the coffin. It is an open threat given to Wriddhiman Saha here. It is my wish whom I talk to, who are you? “he added.
The BCCI has confirmed that they will investigate this matter deeply and take strict action against the erring party.
“The BCCI is going to investigate who had threatened Saha. If the BCCI is investigating, Saha will not tell publicly but he will tell the BCCI. This name will come out, not in public, but it will come out in the investigation. The entire cricket fraternity should boycott this guy who has gone ahead and threatened a cricketer,” Chopra concluded.
