War erupts between India’s cricket chief and his gay son

War erupts between India’s cricket chief and his gay son

The gay son of India’s cricket chief tells Indian newspapers that his father is using his political influence to torture him and his partner, and that this was now ‘a fight to the finish.’

Ashwin Srinivasan is the son of N Srinivasan, the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Ashwin, who is openly gay, has been all but disowned by his father, which he has made public through interviews to the Indian media.

Ashwin, 43, said that his father was vehemently anti-gay, and has been trying to ‘convert’ him since 1998. Things worsened, he said, when he fell in love with his partner of 13 years, Avi Mukherjee.

Now, Ashwin has stepped up his campaign, saying this was now a fight to the finish. He alleges that his father was using his political clout to torture him and his partner. On April 30, local police picked up the couple from an upmarket restaurant-pub, and allegedly tortured them by beating them with iron rods. Although the police deny these charges, the couple have released photographs to show how brutally they were beaten up in police custody.

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