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'Lightning' confirmed my love for Sara Tendulkar, says stalker

'Lightning' confirmed my love for Sara Tendulkar, says stalker

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He said that he fell in love with Sara after watching her on TV and decided to marry her after lightning confirmed his love for the 20-year-old girl

A 32-year old man who was arrested in West Bengal for stalking cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar's daughter Sara Tendulkar has given a bizarre reason for his inappropriate action.

Debkumar Maity said that he was guided by "lightning"to fall in love with Sara Tendulkar.

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He said that he fell in love with Sara after watching her on TV and decided to marry her after "lightning confirmed"his love for the 20-year-old girl.

He also made a tattooon his wrist which read" Deb and Sara" in 2011.

Earlier news reports had said that the man had got hold of the Tendulkars' landline number and had made around 20 calls. In the calls, he passed lewd comments about Sara and even threatened to kidnap her.

Sara had lodged a complaint against Maity at Mumbai's Bandra police station after which the police arrested him.

Maity's family, on the other hand, claimed his "mental instability"behind theaction.The family said that he was undergoing treatment for the past eight years.

Police are meanwhile looking into how Maity got the landline number and whether he is mentally unstable or not.