Local newspaper vendor arrested over Ganguly death threat
Police on Friday arrested a newspaper vendor named Nirmalya Samanta in Midnapore for allegedly sending death threat letter to former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly. Samanta had reportedly sent the letter to Ganguly's Behala residence warning him against attending a cricket tournament in Midnapore on January 19. The district police has handed over Samanta to Kolkata Police for further investigation.
Police have arrested a 39-year-old man in West Bengal for sending a "threat letter" to former India skipper Sourav Ganguly. Nirmalya Samanta, a local newspaper vendor from West Midnapore town was arrested on Friday for allegedly sending the threat letter.The anonymous letter was sent by courier to Ganguly's Behala residence in Kolkata on January 7 asking him not to attend a programme organised by Vidyasagar University on January 19.