Archive · 11 Aug 2026
Sourav Ganguly, wife receive death threats as police begin probe
Sourav Ganguly is a very famous cricket player from India.
He used to be the captain of the Indian cricket team.
Today he is the president of the Cricket Association of Bengal.
Someone sent him letters with scary messages.
The letters said the sender wanted to hurt him and his wife, Dona Ganguly.
These letters kept arriving for about six months.
At first, people did not take them very seriously.
Then two more letters arrived at his office on Monday.
Ganguly told the police, who began looking for the person who sent the letters.
Police are checking where the letters came from and who might be behind them.
Former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly lodged a police complaint after receiving threatening letters, including one warning that he and his wife Dona Ganguly would be killed.
Ganguly, president of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), received two letters containing explicit threats at his office on Monday.
The letters had allegedly been arriving for around six months in Ganguly's name but were initially not taken seriously.
Police are investigating the letters' source and courier trail, with preliminary findings suggesting they may have been sent by a person from Belgharia in North 24 Parganas district.
Kolkata Police have tracked one mobile number linked to the alleged sender and are checking whether all letters came from the same person and the motive behind them.
- Who
- Sourav Ganguly, former Indian cricket team captain and president of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), and his wife Dona Ganguly; the Kolkata Police investigating the case.
- What
- Ganguly received threatening letters warning of killing him and his wife and harming people close to him, prompting a police investigation.
- When
- Reported on a Monday, after letters had allegedly been arriving for around six months and two more arrived at Ganguly's office that day.
- Where
- Kolkata, India; the complaint was lodged at Thakurpukur Police Station in south Kolkata, and the alleged sender is from Belgharia in North 24 Parganas district.
- Why
- The motive behind the threats is not yet known; police are examining the letters to establish the identity and motive of the sender.
- Complainant
- Sourav Ganguly, former India cricket captain and CAB president
- Threat targets
- Sourav Ganguly and his wife Dona Ganguly
- Complaint location
- Thakurpukur Police Station, south Kolkata
- Threatening letters
- Two received at Ganguly's office on Monday; others over the past six months
- Suspected sender
- Allegedly a person from Belgharia, North 24 Parganas district
- Investigation
- Kolkata Police examining letters, courier trail, and a tracked mobile number
- Ganguly's role
- President of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB); former BCCI president