Hindustan Times (Lucknow)

Delhi chief selector Bhandari attacked

- ▪ sportsdesk@hindustant­imes.com

NEW DELHI: Former India pacer Amit Bhandari, who is chairman of the DDCA senior selection committee, was on Monday assaulted by a group of unidentifi­ed men during the Delhi senior team’s training at the St Stephen’s ground.

Bhandari sustained head and ear injuries and was taken to Sant Paramanand Hospital at Civil Lines by his colleague Sukhvinder Singh. The goons fled before the cops could reach the spot.

“We are looking into the matter and a case will be registered after recording the statement of the victim,” Nupur Prasad, Deputy Commission­er of Police (north) said.

Delhi & Districts Cricket Associatio­n (DDCA) president Rajat Sharma said that guilty will not be spared.

“We are trying to procure all details of the incident. As far as I have come to know, it is regarding one disgruntle­d player, who didn’t make it to the probables list for the National U-23 tournament.

“The SHO from the local police station has reached the Stephen’s ground and I have personally spoken to the Delhi Police Commission­er Amulya Patnaik. The guilty will not go unpunished. I promise exemplary action against whoever is found involved in this misdeed. We will register an FIR,” Sharma said.

Sharma, who went to meet Bhandari at the hospital said: “He is very shaken and it is natural. The doctors have advised that he should be kept under observatio­n for 24 hours as a precaution­ary measure.”

“The goons were pressurisi­ng him to select a player, who had failed to get into the U-23 team on merit. Amit claimed that one man also threatened him with a revolver.”

Delhi’s senior team manager Shankar Saini narrated the incident.

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