Click to play videoHyderabad: There is something about India's tennis star Sania Mirza that keeps her in the news, always. There is news now that her doctor was made a target of hate mails.
Dr KJ Reddy, a senior orthopedic surgeon at the Apollo Hospital in Hyderabad who had treated Sania on several occasions in the past and had helped her recover from career-threatening injuries, received four letters all of which warned him of dire consequences if he continued to treat Sania Mirza as she was bringing bad name to the religion.
Sources say the doctor received two letters from Pakistan, one from Uttar Pradesh and one from Bangladesh.
The letter from UP was addressed to Dr Reddy and the CEO of Apollo Hospital, Dr Hariprasad.
Signed off as 'Noor', the letter was written in Hindi with a footnote in English which warned the doctor to get the letter translated into English in case he didn't know Hindi, for it was important for him as well as Sania Mirza to know its contents.
It ends with a stern warning: "Please pay attention to the letters otherwise it should be very harmful for you."
The doctor had informed Sania’s father about the letters, however, it was kept away from Sania, as it could affect her game.
These letters term her injuries as god's punishment for bringing bad name to religion. However the doctor is on leave and the hospital is not ready to react till he is back. No complaint has been lodged with the police.
Sania has been surrounded with controversy ever since she started her career.
Recently, Sania faced the ire of Mecca Masjid officials for an ad shoot at the Hyderabad mosque earlier this month. However, the controversy ended after she apologised.
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