Boria Majumder
My lawyers will send defamation notice to Wriddhiman Saha: Boria Majumder
Boria Majumder said he will send a defamation notice to Indian cricketer Wridhhiman Saha for the recent allegation made by the wicket-keeper that he received 'threats' from the journalist for not agreeing to give him an interview.
Admitting that he is the journalist who sent Whatsapp messages to Wriddhiman, Majumder also claimed that the cricketer shared a doctored version of message exchange between the two.
"There are always two sides to a story. @Wriddhipopshas doctored, tampered screenshots of my WhatsApp chats which have damaged my reputation and credibility. I have requested the @BCCI for a fair hearing. My lawyers are serving @Wriddhipops a defamation notice. Let truth prevail," Boria Majumder tweeted.
There are always two sides to a story. @Wriddhipops has doctored, tampered screenshots of my WhatsApp chats which have damaged my reputation and credibility. I have requested the @BCCI for a fair hearing. My lawyers are serving @Wriddhipops a defamation notice. Let truth prevail. pic.twitter.com/XBsiFVpskl
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) March 5, 2022
The journalist posted the tweet on a day Saha deposed before the BCCI-appointed three-member committee.
Saha made his deposition before the committee comprising the cricket board’s vice-president Rajiv Shukla, treasurer Arun Dhumal and the BCCI Apex Council member Prabhtej Singh Bhatia, reports The Indian Express.
After testifying before the probe committee, Saha told reporters as quoted by the newspaper, “I have told the committee everything I know. I have shared all the details with them. I can’t tell you much right now. BCCI has asked me not to talk about the meeting outside as they will answer all your queries.”
Saha last month shared a screenshot of an online conversation where a journalist allegedly pressed him for an interview.
He tweeted, "After all of my contributions to Indian cricket..this is what I face from a so called “Respected” journalist! This is where the journalism has gone."
Saha had dropped bombshell disclosing his private conversation with Indian cricket board (BCCI) chief Sourav Ganguly, who in his words had assured the wicketkeeper-batsman a place in the playing XI following his match-saving knock of unbeaten 61 against New Zealand.
However Indian head coach Rahul Dravid, as Saha said, conveyed to him that the team management was looking for a fresh player.
Hitting back at Saha, Ganguly's elder brother and Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) secretary, Snehasis Ganguly, said the wicketkeeper-batsman should not have gone public with any of his private chats.
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