Former BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and his wife Dona have approached police after receiving several threatening letters, including one that allegedly threatened to kill him and his wife.

Ganguly, who is currently the president of the Cricket Association of Bengal, filed a complaint at Thakurpukur Police Station in South Kolkata after his office received two letters on Monday.

According to the police complaint filed by Ganguly’s manager, the letters had been arriving in his name for around six months. They haven’t been taken seriously, but after receiving the killing threats.

“I wish to bring to your kind attention a matter of serious concern regarding certain threatening letters that have been received by Mr Sourav Ganguly and his family.”

“For the past couple of months, we have been receiving letters from an unknown person with objectionable remarks against Mr Ganguly. Initially, we didn’t pay much attention to these letters, assuming that they were merely the work of someone who disliked Mr Ganguly and was sending letters expressing his/her personal resentment.”

Two letters received at his office on Monday (August 10) reportedly contained explicit threats to kill Sourav Ganguly and his wife and harm people close to him.

The police have now started an investigation to identify the sender and find the motive behind the threats.

“We are taking the complaint seriously and have begun an investigation. We are examining the letters, their source and the courier trail to identify the person responsible,” the officer said.

The preliminary investigation suggests that the letter may have been sent through a courier service, allegedly by a person from Belgharia in the North 24 Parganas district.

Police are also examining the movement of the SIM card allegedly used by the sender and have contacted the courier agency to collect details about the consignments.

“We have spoken to the people from the courier service and tracked down one mobile number. We are trying to spot it,” the officer said.

Kolkata Police are now investigating whether all the letters were sent by the same person. Investigators are also trying to establish the reason behind the alleged threats.

The police are examining the contents of the letters, their source and the courier trail as part of the probe.