CWG 2014: IOA Gen Secretary, wrestling referee to appear in Glasgow court today

Two Indian officials, IOA General secretary Rajiv Mehta and wrestling referee Virender Malik who were arrested in Glasgow in two separate incidents, are scheduled to be produced before courts today. While the Glasgow police have remained tight lipped on the nature of charges against the duo, the Times Now television channel quoted senior Indian journalist V Krishnaswamy as saying that while Mehta had been booked for drunk driving and arguing with a police officer, Malik was facing the more serious charge of sexual assault. [caption id=“attachment_1648105” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  PTI[/caption] Krishnaswamy said that a female staff member at the hotel Malik was staying at, had made the complaint against him. Krishnaswamy added that the incident had created a lot of anguish and anger over the fact that ‘Indian officials have once again tarnished the image of Indian sports’. There has been no statement from the Indian contingent so far. The chef de mission has refused to comment. The Glasgow police have also refused to comment. However Krishnaswamy said that some Indian officials were on the way from the London embassy to apprise themselves of the situation. The duo, however, is not part of the official 215-strong contingent which is staying in the Games village. Both of them were reportedly lodged at a local hotel. Rajeev Mehta was most recently in the news for questioning his president N Ramachandran over the recognition of a new boxing association without consulting the executive. The AIBA (World Boxing Federation) had recently handed provisional recognition to ‘Boxing India’ – the brainchild of two private business houses – after the world body derecognised Indian Boxing Federation on the ground of possible manipulation of its 2012 elections. With inputs from PTI