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[caption id="attachment_21402" align="alignnone" width="580"] Army XI coach BB Kakkar suspended for two years. Xtra Time[/caption] Kolkata: Army XI coach BB Kakkar has been suspended by the IFA Disciplinary Committee today for punching on the face of fourth official Uttam Sarkar in the match between Army XI and Aryan Club in Barasat on August 23. The decision was taken today at the IFA office where both Uttam Sarkar, BB Kakkar and the match commissioner was present in the IFA office. The video footage was also available to the officials and they came to a decision watching the footage. An official letter will be send to Army XI regarding the two year suspension of BB Kakkar by tomorrow. IFA secretary, Utpal Ganguly said, "We will be sending an official letter to them by tomorrow. If they want to appeal they can appeal to the Governing body but I feel it won't help as the decision by Disciplinary committee is considered final." IFA has also asked CRA officials to be strict on the referees as IFA will not indulge any such incident in the future and if it happens again, IFA will be bound to take strict action on the referee. What happened in the match on that day? The fourth referee was left bleeding as coach of the Army XI, B B Kakkar beat him after their match at Barasat stadium. Referee Uttam Sarkar was attacked following complaint of mistake during changing of a player. Match referee lodged a complaint at Barasat police station. The problem started at the last minute of the match between Army XI and Aryans. Aryans team wanted to change a player when it was one minute to go for the conclusion of the match. They first issued the name of jersey no.24 Gautam Thakur to by ‘in’ the field. Suddenly before the change they replaced the jersey no. 24 player with jersey no. 11 Pitambar. From this point the controvery began as fourth referee Uttam Sarkar kept the jersey number 24 on the changing board. As the match ended Army XI players and staffs jumped on the coach. At first, the fourth referee tried to evade the Army players. But they thronged upon him. Then he put his hand in-front of the players to save himself. Suddenly the coach of the team B B Kakkar jumped on him and punched on his face. https://youtu.be/8LZ2DVJ8E4A