da roleta： Indian cricket captain Saurav Ganguly and star batsman SachinTendulkar are among those who have been threatened by the militantoutfit Lashkar-e-Toiba
Staff and Agencies07-Jul-2001* Ganguly, Tendulkar face Lashkar threatIndian cricket captain Saurav Ganguly and star batsman SachinTendulkar are among those who have been threatened by the militantoutfit Lashkar-e-Toiba. The militant outfit has threatened to kidnapthe duo and hold them hostages, DCP (Crime) Pradeep Sawant said inMumbai on Friday.The threats to the players came to light when some members of themilitant outfit were apprehended by Thane police some months ago, hesaid. Interrogations revealed that the militant group had prepared alist of persons who would be kidnapped to secure certain politicalbenefits.Former hockey captain Dhanraj Pillay had yesterday approached MumbaiPolice seeking protection after receiving threats from the sameoutfit.* Board to follow ICC guidelines on drugs, says LeleIndian Cricket Board secretary Jaywant Lele said on Friday that theBCCI would follow the ICC’s guidelines on controlling drug abuse inthe game. Lele, in Jaipur to attend a meeting of the Tours andFixtures Committee, however maintained that drug abuse was notprevalent in Indian cricket and the recent allegations against somecricketers were ‘baseless’.Asked whether the BCCI would introduce drug tests on the lines ofthose announced by the South African Cricket Board, Lele said, “Theseare the new challenges which cricket is facing and we shall find waysto counter them. We already have the code of conduct in which takingsuch substances is prohibited. And if ICC announces the guidelines andlist of banned drugs, we will follow suit,” Lele said.Lele parried questions on whether the BCCI was contemplating legalaction against ‘Outlook’ magazine which quoted former coach AnshumanGaekwad as saying that some Indian players take drugs. “The matterwill be discussed at the Working Committee meeting,” Lele said.Gaekwad has since denied having made the allegations attributed to himin the magazine.* New cricket stadium to come up in JaipurA cricket stadium at par with international standards will come up inJaipur, the Rajasthen local Self-Government Minister Shanti Dhariwalsaid on Thursday. The Jaipur Development Authority had agreed inprinciple to provide land to the Rajasthan Cricket Association forconstruction of the stadium after the BCCI made a request for this, hetold reporters.The proposed stadium would host only international cricket matches, hesaid, adding that the RCA would spend Rs six crore for itsconstruction.