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Sourav Ganguly receives death threat

By The Assam Tribune

KOLKATA/MIDNAPORE, Jan 9: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly today revealed that he has received �death threat� warning him against attending an inter-college cricket meet at the Vidyasagar University in Midnapore on January 19.

Local sources in Midnapore told PTI that one Z Alam wrote the letter addressing to Ganguly�s mother Nirupa warning the cricket stalwart against attending the programme where he has been invited as chief guest.

�Your son is hereby warned not to attend the programme. If he dares to come here, you will not see him again,� is what has been written in the letter.

Confirming this, Ganguly said: �Yes I�ve received the letter on January 7 and I�ve informed this to the police and the organisers. Ganguly has been invited as chief guest in the final of the Inter-College Cricket Tournament jointly organised Vidyasagar University and the District Sports Association on January 19.

The CAB president however did not rule him out in attending the programme.

�Let us see, nothing has been decided yet. You all will come to know if I go there,� he said.

West Midnapore district SP Bharati Ghosh however said she is unaware of the development.

�We have not been informed about this,� she said. The motive behind the letter however is unknown. � PTI

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