IND vs BAN 2024: Bangladesh fan ‘Tiger’ Robi, who alleged attack during Kanpur Test, says he fell sick

Bangladesh cricket fan ‘Tiger Robi’ alleged he was attacked by the local fans, but the police sources have denied the allegations.

Bangladesh cricket fan ‘Tiger Robi’ being carried away by officials. | Photo Credit: Shayan Acharya

High drama unfolded at the Green Park Stadium on Friday after a Bangladesh cricket fan, who goes by the name of ‘Tiger’ Robi, was rushed to a hospital. Initially, the fan, who has been touring India for the entire series, alleged that he was hit on the lower abdomen by some spectators.

As the medical staff and the policemen were rushing him to the hospital during lunchtime, Robi said, “they hit me on my back and lower abdomen and I could not breathe…” 

However, later in the day, he changed his version and said that he had to be ‘admitted to the hospital after a bout of loose motions and stomach upset’.

“I was down with stomach upset and felt sick and now after receiving treatment, I am feeling better . . . ,” said Robi in a video circulated to the media later in the afternoon by the hospital and police.

In a CCTV footage that emerged later in the evening, Robi could be seen walking towards the media centre when he sat down and later collapsed. Soon, the police officials rushed to the scene.

The police officials deputed on the ground had earlier said, “One of our officers found him gasping for breath near the C block entrance, and he was struggling to speak. It seems like a case of dehydration, but we will wait for the doctors’ advice…”

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Abhishek Dubey, Assistant Police Commissioner (ACP), Kalyanpur denied that Robi was attacked by spectators. “He felt sick suddenly and with the help of the medical team and the police officers on the ground, we took him to the hospital and now he is recovering,” Dubey said, adding: “There were claims that he was beaten up by some people, but that isn’t true…”

As India bowled against Bangladesh on the first day of the second Test, Robi was seen waving the national flag and chanting slogans from C block balcony, however, he allegedly got into a heated argument with some of the other spectators during the first session before the security personnel took things under control. But during lunch, Robi was seen gasping for breath near the staircase of Block C.