Shooter Joydeep Karmakar slams Sachin Tendulkar over Amarnath yatra attack on Twitter
Mumbai: Sachin Tendulkar came under a social media attack from shooter and countryman Joydeep Karmakar, after the legendary Indian cricketer offered his condolences to the victims of the Amarnath terror attacks, on Twitter.
Karmakar, who had missed out on winning bronze at the 2012 London Olympics by a whisker, criticised Tendulkar for his statement after the attacks, in which seven pilgrims were killed.
Deeply disturbed by the terror attack on #AmarnathYatra pilgrims. Thoughts and prayers go out to all the victims and their families.
— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) July 10, 2017
The 37-year-old sent out a sarcastic reply to Sachin’s tweet, saying that the Indian batsman’s deserved a Bharat Ratna award, for his correct grammar.
What a grammatically correct statement..no wonder you deserved the Bharat Ratna
— joydeep karmakar (@Joydeep709) July 10, 2017
It is not exactly clear as to why Karmakar was irked by Sachin’s tweet.
