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Friday, 1 December 2006

Cricketer guilty of manslaughter

Sidhu is now a well known cricket commentator.

A court in India has found a former Indian cricketer and member of parliament guilty of manslaughter.
Navjot Sidhu, a former flamboyant batsman and now an MP belonging to the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, had allegedly beaten up a man in 1988.

The man died after the alleged attack over a dispute over parking vehicles in Patiala city in northern Punjab state.

Sidhu is now a cricket commentator on Indians channels and is famous for his wisecracks, known as Sidhuisms.

The former cricketer told reporters that he had sent his resignation to the BJP after the court verdict.

A lower court had acquitted Sidhu in the case in 1999 following which the victim's family and the state government had approached the High Court in Punjab.

The High Court is expected to announce the sentencing on Wednesday.

The 43-year-old former cricketer played in 51 Test matches for India between 1983 and 1999, scoring an average 42.13.

Sidhu embarked on a political career in 2004, joining the BJP.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6197812.stm
 
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OOO.Heard about and seen the guy for sure but cannot picturize his face. Anyways shocking! Shocking indeed.:eek:
 
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Open the BBC newslink, there's a close up picture inthere.
 
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Former Indian cricketer Sidhu jailed

11 January 2007

CHANDIGARH, India - Former Indian cricketer and politician Navjot Singh Sidhu was jailed on Thursday after he surrendered before a court following his conviction for a 1988 road-rage killing, his lawyer said.

Sidhu was sentenced to three years’ jail in December by the Punjab and Haryana High Court after being found guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

His sentence was suspended to allow the popular TV host and commentator time to appeal to the Supreme Court.

After he surrendered to a lower court on Thursday, Sidhu was taken to jail in Patiala, his home town in the northern state of Punjab, where he will remain in judicial custody for 14 days.

His appeal against his conviction comes up for hearing in the Supreme Court on Friday.

“Sidhu has appealed his conviction before the Supreme Court, but Supreme Court rules require a convict to surrender before his appeal is heard, making it imperative for Sidhu to surrender,” his lawyer, Satya Pal Jain, said.

Sidhu surrendered despite being on bail till Jan. 31.

Before the court in Chandigarh, Punjab’s capital, sent him to jail, the 43-year-old batsman told a crowd of reporters, onlookers and supporters he would accept whatever it decided.

“I surrender to the majesty of law, unconditionally.”

Sidhu was involved in a car accident in Patiala in 1988. He got into a fight with the elderly occupant of the other vehicle, which led to the man’s death.

He resigned as a federal lawmaker following his conviction on Dec. 1 last year. Sidhu, a Sikh, joined the Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party and was elected to the lower house of parliament in 2004.

He amused millions of Indian cricket fans with his witticisms and controversial comments as a commentator.

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/Display...continent_January380.xml&section=subcontinent
 
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He is a mental retard,just look at the way he talks.he was a good batsmen though.
 
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He is a mental retard,just look at the way he talks.he was a good batsmen though.

Yeah no doubt:D, i have seen him, infact i've listened him while doing TV commentary during few cricket games. He use to get extremely over-excited without any reasons.:rofl:

Well hell of a crazy he was indeed.....
 
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