Dismissing insinuations by Sourav Ganguly that Jagmohan Dalmiya had leaked coach Greg Chappell's controversial e-mail, West Bengal sports minister Subhas Chakraborty on Monday claimed that those being targeted by the former Indian captain are innocent.
"Ganguly's allegations are not correct. I can say with full responsibility that those, against whom he has made the allegation, did not leak the mail," Chakraborty told newspersons in the assembly lobby.
In a sign of revolt against Dalmiya, Ganguly had sent an e-mail on Friday, making allegations against his longtime mentor and his group in the Cricket Association of Bengal.
The former Indian captain chose the upcoming elections for the presidentship of CAB to hit out at Dalmiya, facing a challenge for the post from Kolkata police commissioner Prasun Mukherjee.
"People who leak e-mails and sacrifice players' careers should be heavily punished. There are people in CAB who are playing with players' careers to suit them. They should not be allowed to go scot-free as it takes years of hard work to reach a certain level in sports," Ganguly said in the e-mail.
