Overview
- Police said S. Venkataraman received 20 stitches for a head wound and a shoulder fracture and is stable.
- His complaint names Karthikeyan Jayasundaram, A. Aravinddaraj, and S. Santhosh Kumaran, with officers stating the three are absconding and being tracked.
- The FIR says the coach was attacked inside the CAP complex after being blamed for the players’ non-selection in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy squad.
- Venkataraman alleged local forum official G. Chandran instigated the assault, a claim the Bharathidasan Pondicherry Cricketers’ Forum rejects.
- An Indian Express investigation alleged outstation players used forged documents to pass as locals, leading BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia to say the board will examine the matter, while CAP officials deny wrongdoing.