32-year-old arrested for harassing Tendulkar’s daughter over phone

Debkumar Maity (inset) was arrested for harassing Tendulkar’s daughter Sara (Courtesy: Prokerala)

A 32-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly disturbing and harassing cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar’s daughter Sara over phone. He was arrested from Mahisadal area of East Midnapore district in West Bengal.

“A joint team of Mumbai police and our personnel arrested Debkumar Maity on Sunday morning. He was allegedly disturbing and harassing Tendulkar’s daughter over phone,” Mahisadal police station Officer-in-Charge Partha Biswas told IANS.

The accused was presented before a local court and has been taken to Mumbai on transit remand for further investigation.

According to Maity’s mother, he was suffering from “mental illness” and went to Mumbai last year. A local Panchayat leader also said that he was under treatment and has often troubled the members of his family.