** By Jawed Naqvi**
NEW DELHI, Nov 24: Indian authorities were investigating an email on Saturday that warned the Pakistan cricket team to leave the country.
Pakistani officials said they were in touch with their Indian counterparts and were trying to verify the authenticity and the seriousness of the email.
India TV claimed to have received an email from [email protected] on Saturday morning in which the message threatened the visiting Pakistani cricket team to withdraw from the ongoing test series.
** Indian television channels had received an email on Friday which landed minutes after the first blast rocked Varanasi. Saturday’s email also threatened that similar blasts will take place in Chennai, Ghaziabad, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Islamabad.**
Police officials said they were checking out the details with the TV station. Friday’s email, which used a French domain, was traced back to a cyber cafe in east Delhi. The police are questioning the owner of the cyber cafe.
Officials of the Board of Control for Cricket in India said they had spoken to the home ministry generally on the issue of security.
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No e-mail threats to players: Talat
NEW DELHI, Nov 24: The Pakistan team management on Saturday rubbished reports of their cricketers getting e-mail threats and expressed satisfaction with the security cover provided to them on their ongoing tour of India.
Talat Ali, Pakistan team’s manager, expressed on Saturday the team had been provided with good security cover, saying: “We are satisfied and comfortable with the way our security is being handled.”
Earlier on Saturday, some Indian TV channels reported that e-mail threats had been sent to the Pakistan team. However, Talat said neither he nor any member of his team had received any such e-mails. “Nor is it in my knowledge. We know we are being taken care of by the local authorities,” he asserted.—Agencies
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i think talat is playing politics here and doesn’t want to abandon the tour bcos then indian’s won’t tour pak in the future. however one thing is for sure, if such emails were being sent to team india they would have left the country in no time. but pakistani authorities are just to scared to take any action against the indians bcos they are the so called BIG FISH. :halo: :nook:
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