Srinagar, Sep 28: Senior retired police officer and former cricketer Sudershan Mehta has issued a strong rebuttal to what he called “malicious and defamatory” remarks made against him in a press release issued by the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) regarding the dismissal of his petition in the High Court.
Issuing a rebuttal statement on Sunday, Mehta described the JKCA’s remarks as a “calculated act of aggravated criminal defamation and a contemptuous fraud upon the public.” He alleged that the JKCA “deliberately misrepresented the High Court order, republished judicially nullified allegations and maligned his service and sporting record.”
On the Court Order
Mehta said the JKCA’s claim that the petition was dismissed as a “frivolous writ petition” questioning his locus sta