Sourav Ganguly's brother Snehasish, sister-in-law Arpita narrowly escaped after speedboat capsizes in Puri beach - Watch

Sourav Ganguly's brother Snehasish, sister-in-law Arpita narrowly escape after speedboat capsizes in Puri beach

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly's brother Snehasish and his wife Arpita had a close shave in Odisha on Sunday. The couple met with an accident while engaging in water sports activity at a beach in Puri. The unfortunate incident took place as the boat in which they were in capsized in the Bay of Bengal. As reported by NDTV the Gangulys were on a holiday. Snehasish is a former Bengal cricketer and president of Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB).

A video has gone viral on social media that shows a speedboat upside down as lifeguards rescue tourists from the spot amid the roaring waves. Here is the video:

Sourav Gangulys brother Snehashish Ganguly, and his wife Arpita rescued in Puri beach after their speedboat capsizes pic.twitter.com/D5TLWDwT7T
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As quoted by NDTV, Arpita blamed the operators at the beach behind this mishap, claiming that their lives were put at risk due to "greed for money". Describing the ordeal, Arpita added that if not for the lifeguards she wouldn't have been alive.

"The sea was already very rough. There was a capacity of 10 people on the boat, but due to the greed for money, they allowed only three to four people on board. This was the last boat to go into the sea for the day. We had raised concerns over going into the sea, but the operators told us that it is fine," said Arpita.

"If the lifeguards had not come, we would not have been saved. I'm still in trauma...never faced something like this. If there were more people on the boat, maybe it would not have flipped," she added.

Meanwhile, Arpita also called for scrutiny of operators who run such activities at the beach area and mentioned she would be writing to the chief minister of the state to ban such operations. "Authorities should ban these sports here. Puri beach has a very rough sea. I will write a letter to the Superintendent of Police and the Chief Minister once I go back to Kolkata, asking them to stop watersports here," she said.