Former India hockey captain, Viren Rasquinha insulted by unknown Delhiete at Mumbai event

A little-known Delhiete, Suhel Seth, stirred up a hornets nest, as he insulted former India hockey captain, Viren Rasquinha at a city event on Sunday.

Rasquinha later made his displeasure known on Twitter and maintained that such a controversy was unwarranted for. 

Seth apparently came on stage and referred to Rasquinha as 'the bald guy'.

Eminent personalities have taken to Twitter and lambasted Seth post the incident.

Rasquinha who retired from hockey when he was 28, to pursue a management career and studied at Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, had this to say.

 

I really do wonder though how Suhel Seth holds forth on everything under the sun and what exactly is his domain expertise 5/5

— Viren Rasquinha (@virenrasquinha) December 7, 2014

 Here is a tweet from Journalist Naomi Dutta.

Viren Rasquinha should have said who is this strange creature? Did the lit fest tie up with harry potter and get in someone to play Dobby?

— Naomi Datta (@nowme_datta) December 7, 2014

 Another one from Dhunji Wadia, president, Everest Brand Solutions.

If you don't know who @virenrasquinha is, then you should not participate in a talk show on hockey

— Dhunji S. Wadia (@dhunji) December 7, 2014

Read on how Seth gets blasted all around on Twitter by angry fans!

 

Can the media just ban this delhi moron @suhelseth from all panels @virenrasquinha @OGQ_India is indias pride&he says "who's this bald guy?"

— Hrishikesh Kannan (@HrishiKay) December 8, 2014

Waiting for Suhel Seth to comment on Uber to cause an Outrage Inception

— JaiHind (@ajith27) December 9, 2014

Seth, later tendered an apology to Rasquinha on Twitter.