Sandesh Jhingan Asks Fans to Not 'Threaten and Racially Abuse' His Family

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Indian men’s football team and ATK Mohun Bagan defender Sandesh Jhingan came out on Monday to ask fans to not ‘threaten and racially abuse’ his family adding that it is not ‘required and unwelcome’. This comes after he was at faced backlash for his sexist comments following ATKMB’s 2-2 draw against Kerala Blasters in the Indian Super League on February 19.

Jhingan was captured in a video uploaded on ATK Mohun Bagan’s Instagram as a story, which ash been since promptly deleted, saying: “Aurato ke saath match khel aaya hoon, aurato ke saath" (I have played a match with women, with women) as he walked off the pitch after the match.