India pacer Mohammed Shami acquired a loss of life menace by way of e-mail on Sunday, and an FIR has been registered by the Cyber Crime Police Station of Uttar Pradesh’s Amroha district. The FIR, which is with IANS, was lodged on Monday on the orders of the Superintendent of Police (SP) and acknowledged that the report was registered on behalf of Shami by his brother Haseeb and named Rajput Sindar because the sender of the menace e-mail.
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In response to the FIR, the sender additionally demanded the ransom of Rs one crore from the cricketer who’s busy enjoying the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 with Sunrisers Hyderabad.
The FIR has been registered underneath the next sections: Indian Penal Code (BNS), 2023 Part 308(4), Data Expertise (Modification) Act, 2008 Part 66d and Data Expertise (Modification) Act, 2008 Part 66e and the police is investigating the matter.
In 9 matches for SRH in IPL 2025 up to now, Shami has solely bagged six wickets at a mean of 56.17. He was spectacular in India’s title-winning Champions Trophy marketing campaign, the place he scalped 9 wickets in 5 matches, together with a five-fer towards Bangladesh of their opening encounter in Dubai.
Earlier, the Indian group head coach, Gautam Gambhir, additionally acquired a loss of life menace by way of e-mail final month.
“We have now been knowledgeable about an alleged menace mail acquired on an e-mail ID related to Gautam Gambhir. The matter is being investigated. Gautam Gambhir is already underneath Delhi Police safety, and we don’t touch upon particular safety preparations,” mentioned DCP (Central) V. Harsha Vardhan.
A grievance with the Delhi Police was filed after Gambhir acquired loss of life threats within the aftermath of a lethal terror assault in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam that claimed a minimum of 26 lives and left a number of injured.
“As we spoke, please discover under the “Risk Mails” acquired on the mail ID of Mr Gautam Gambhir (Ex-MP), Head Coach, Indian Cricket Workforce. Kindly register the F.l.R accordingly and make sure the security and safety of the household,” PS to Gambhir wrote in a mail to Rajender Nagar SHO and DCP, Central.
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