ICC apologises for Asaram Bapu-Narendra Modi video retweet after Twitter backlash

Dubai: After facing wrath on Twitter for retweeting an old video of the self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, who along with two others, was held guilty by the Jodhpur Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe Court for the rape of a 16-year-old girl at his ashram in 2013, and the current Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the International Cricket Council (ICC) issued an apology to “anyone who was offended”.

ICC created quite a storm after retweeting a tweet, reading, "Sharing some old sweet memories between @narendramodi and Asaram", with a message “Narayan, Narayan”.

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In its apology, ICC said: “ICC is dismayed at a non-cricket related tweet appearing on its Twitter feed earlier today. We would like to extend our sincere apologies to anyone who was offended during the short space of time it was up. We have launched an investigation into how this happened.”