It's a double whammy forHarbhajan Singh. Still reeling under the shock of being demoted from Grade A to B by theBoard for Control of Cricket in India ( BCCI), which effectively reduces his fee from Rs 1 crore to 50 lakh per year, Bhajji cannot even fall back on the option of serving the Punjab police.
The 'Turbanator' had recently shown interest in an offer made to him by the Punjab government in February 2002 to join Punjab police as a deputy superintendent of police. At that time chief minister Parkash Singh Badalhad showered praises on Bhajji, calling him 'Punjab da puttar', besides giving a cash award of Rs 5 lakh and a residential plot in his home district Jalandhar.
However, at the peak of his form, busy with cricket commitments and flooded with offers from the tinsel world, Bhajji did not respond to the offer in 2002. More than 10 years later when he finally did show interest, the Punjab government has confirmed that the offer no longer exists.
A senior official in the government told TOI, "The deputy chief minister has made adverse remarks on Bhajji's file and the case is almost closed. Bhajji has been busy in the glamour world and preferred not to serve his state."
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