'Bhajji did not hit me'

10 September,2009 07:27 AM IST |   |  Imran Gowhar

Bangalore cameraman 'slapped' by Harbhajan Singh rubbishes the allegation, and blames other mediapersons for spreading rumours


Bangalore cameraman 'slapped' by Harbhajan Singh rubbishes the allegation, and blames other mediapersons for spreading rumours

All through the day television channels reported that cricketer Harbhajan Singh, in a fit of rage, had punched a cameraman yesterday. However the 'victim', Lakshmi Narayan, said the cricketer had just pushed his camera away.

Don't touch me: Harbhajan Singh was irked when the cameraman accidentally brushed his turban at the Bangalore airport. pic/AFP


Bhajji was getting his luggage out of his car when Narayan's camera accidentally brushed against the spinner's turban. An angry Bhajji stretched his hand out, shoved the camera out of his way, and walked into the airport lounge in a huff.

The cameraman was asked to stand at a distance both by the state police and the CRPF. "Door se le leejiye," said a polite CRPF policeman escorting Bhajji. Another policeman told the media in Kannada that they should stand at a distance.


"Bhajji neither hit me nor did he use any kind of foul language," Narayan told his friends.u00a0 "Some others here took the footage and spread the news that he had hit me."

Narayan works for a news agency, and was getting video footage of Bhajji at the airport before he left for Colombo.
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