Sandeep Sarkar, Kolkata: Allegedly, CAB forgot to invite his son Pranab Roy to celebrate the birthday of late legendary cricketer Pankaj Roy. Pranab Roy himself complained. who Indian teamFormer cricketer, former captain of Bengal. It was also alleged that Pankaj Roy’s birth anniversary was celebrated with stale flowers. An angry Pranab wrote to CAB Secretary Bablu Kole about which he wanted to see the CCTV footage. So that he can understand whether Pankaj Roy’s birthday was celebrated with due dignity or not.

12 days have passed since that letter was given. CAB did not respond. Pranab Roy is very angry about that. Said, ‘I am a member of the Apex Council of CAB. I wrote to CAB secretary and asked for CCTV footage. So far I have not received even one reply. Why so much indifference, opacity!’ Pranab added, ‘On the contrary, false, offensive and derogatory posts were made in my name on social media by a CAB worker. Neither I nor Pankaj Roy’s family deserved this disrespect. I have filed a defamation case of 10 crore against that CAB worker. The Hon’ble Court also passed an interim order. The post has been ordered to be deleted. That worker has also been given a show cause.’

Pranab further alleged that the CAB did not give the minutes of the Apex Council meeting despite repeated requests. He said, ‘After the Apex Council meeting, it is necessary to upload its minutes on the CAB website. But they don’t. I asked for the minutes. But not given. Why is there so much opacity in the management of CAB?’ The entire field is waiting to see what CAB responds to this.

Election of Joint Secretary

There were allegations that Madan Ghosh, the CAB’s joint secretary, is sitting on the post even after crossing the age of 70. Finally, CAB took the initiative to elect the post of joint secretary. A meeting of the Apex Council has been called for Friday, June 19, at 7 p.m. There the Special General Meeting (SGM) will be scheduled for the election of the Joint Secretary. Also, in the letter given to the members, CAB admitted that Madan Ghosh, who is past seventy, has lost his eligibility for the post of joint secretary.

Sourav’s FIR

Meanwhile, on Monday, news spread on social media from a page that the ED raided Sourav Gangopadhyay’s house. Sourav filed an FIR at the Thakurpukur Police Station alleging that the news had no substance and was an attempt to defame him. It is also known from those close to Sourav that the police have started an investigation.