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Updated: November 17, 2020 15:33:52
Shakib’s ban period ended on October 29, 2020. (FILE)
Bangladeshi handyman Shakib Al Hasan issued a public apology after receiving death threats on social media for attending the inauguration of Kali Puja in Calcutta.
A man named Mohsin Talukder, in a Facebook Live on Sunday, claimed that Shakib’s behavior had “hurt Muslim feelings”. Talukder was apparently enraged at the cricketer for inaugurating a Kali Puja in Calcutta on November 12 and threatened to “tear him apart with a helicopter for blasphemy”.
Shakib was reportedly present at the 59th Shyama Puja of the “Amra Shobai Club” in Kankurgachi in East Kolkata.
The former Bangladeshi skipper, however, denied having inaugurated the puja and claimed to be part of the program that followed. He also apologized for hurting the feelings of his supporters. “The media, social media everywhere was flooded that I went to Calcutta to inaugurate a puja ceremony which was not really the reason for my visit and I didn’t inaugurate the puja,” Shakib said on a Facebook Live.
“The puja was inaugurated by Firhad Hakim, Mayor of Calcutta. In my invitation card it was clearly mentioned that I was not the main guest of the puja, “he said.” As a practicing Muslim, I always try to follow religious customs. Please forgive me if I have done something wrong, “he said. .
The Bangladeshi cricketer was handed a two-year ban, with a suspended sentence for one year, by the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit for no longer reporting corrupt approaches by an Indian bookmaker. The ban ended on October 29, 2020.
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