Irate Orissa Man Pushes Greg Chappell

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Today's News | News of Jan 22, 2007
Irate Orissa Man Pushes Greg Chappell

Bhubaneswar, Jan 22
Team India coach Greg Chappell was Monday pushed hard from behind by a man at Bhubaneswar airport to protest non-inclusion of an Oriya in the national cricket team. The state police chief said the man had done it for "cheap publicity".

Chappell has not filed any complaint.

Orissa's police chief Amarananda Patnaik said the 30-year-old man had been arrested and a police official had tendered an apology to Chappell over the incident.

"It is a breach of security. On my behalf the Khurdha district police chief Amitabh Thakur gave an apology to Chappell for the incident. We are not taking any chances now and have tightened the security for the cricket team," Patnaik told IANS.

"The man who did the act has done it for cheap popularity. He has been arrested."

Narrating the incident, the police chief said it occurred in the afternoon just after the Indian cricket team had landed at the Biju Patnaik International Airport for the second one dayer against the West Indies in Cuttack Wednesday. They were surrounded by media persons and were walking out of the airport when the man, Biranchi Moharan, pushed Chappell hard from behind.

An earlier report had said that Chappell had been slapped.

About 50 protesters of the Kalinga Sena, a political party, were also at the airport protesting against non-inclusion of any Oriya in the team.

The man was hiding among the media persons and managed to push the Indian team coach, said Patnaik.

Ranjib Biswal, a member of the Indian cricket board, said: "Chappell has not lodged any complaint. He is more concerned about the victory of team India."

Kalinga Sena chief Hemanta Ratha said that the accused person did not belong to his organisation. "However the incident reflects the anger of Oriya people."

IANS News of Jan 22, 2007

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