Bunty Sajdeh said that he is going to write to the ICC about our predicament and how it has hampered our business interests.
Celebrity manager Bunty Sajdeh and his cousin sister Ritika are ''outraged” at the controversy that came up yesterday. According to reports, a British daily claimed that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) kept quiet about a report of cricketer Suresh Raina being seen in the company of a ‘mystery woman’ associated with an illegal bookmaker. Meanwhile BCCI refuted the claims and its VP Rajeev Shukla in fact told the media that “the woman is Raina’s agent.”
Now, Raina’s agent is Ritika Sajdeh, Bunty’s cousin sister. And he’s not amused! “Being Suresh’s business manager, Ritika has all the right to hobnob with the players when they were not playing,” he told DNA. “Yes, we handle Suresh Raina’s work. I’m outraged at the way she (Ritika) has been dragged into all this,” he fumes. Sajdeh owns a celebrity management company which also manages cricketer Yuvraj Singh’s work among other players and Bollywood celebrities.
Sajdeh adds that he too was in Sri Lanka with his cousin sister during the recent 52-day tour. “What kind of links would a player share with his manager? How come nobody bothered to ask any of us what we were doing there?” asks Sajdeh.
Sajdeh says he was present at the meeting on endorsements set up with a few Indian players during the tour, including Suresh Raina. “I’m going to write to the ICC about our predicament and how it has hampered our business interests. My cousin sister has been unnecessarily dragged into a controversy just because someone did not know her identity. The whole episode is ridiculous,” he adds.
Meanwhile, the celebrity manager also informs that BCCI has promised support in the wake of a fresh controversy. “They (BCCI) have told us that they’ll help us in all ways possible. They are saying that it’s a case of finger-pointing towards their national team. For me, it was like waking up and seeing your cousin sister as someone with dubious links,” informs Sajdeh.
Meanwhile, Ritika Sajdeh, disturbed by the reports, is refusing to talk to anyone.
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