Police security to houses of Dravid, Kumble and Uthappa

The Bangalore police has provided security to the houses of Indian cricket team captain Rahul Dravid and team mates Anil Kumble and Robin Uthappa following angry demonstrations held in the wake of India’s shock defeat at the hands of cricket minnows Bangladesh in its opening fixture of the ICC World Cup 2007 at Port of Spain in West Indies.

Furious cricket fans, who had gathered in groups in different parts of the State, made a bonfire of the posters of cricket stars and shouted slogans against the Indian team. Several fans interviewed by television channels did not hesitate to use expletives against the country’s cricket team for letting down a billion people, who had placed faith in them. A few visibly livid fans even suggested that it was appropriate to hit them as soon as they land at the airport.

Sensing the mood of the cricket crazy fans, the Bangalore police, as a precautionary measure, deployed security personnel at the residences of Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble and Robin Uthappa. “We don’t want stones to be thrown at their houses by these angry fans. So, we have provided security to their homes”, said a senior police official in Bangalore.