Dalmiya to sue Sunday Telegraph, Outlook, India Today

Calcutta, May 18: International Cricket Council president Jagmohan Dalmiya filed three separate defamation suits in the Calcutta high cour...

Calcutta, May 18: International Cricket Council president Jagmohan Dalmiya filed three separate defamation suits in the Calcutta high court against leading publications, including the London-based Sunday Telegraph, claiming Rs 50 crore as damages in each case.

The advocates submitted that the article called Dalmiya a “corrupt person in the grip of mafias and sharks” and that he was involved in “financial irregularities” amounting to $4 million in connection with the sale of telecast rights of the 1998 ICC knock-out tournament at Dhaka to Doordarshan.

Ray further submitted that Dalmiya never took part in any financial negotiations in respect of TV rights relating to the Dhaka tournament and all allegations made against him in the Sunday Telegraph were “false and defamatory”.

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Ray said Dalmiya did not have any share in any off-shore company in British Virgin Islands or anywhere else outside India. After hearing Dalmiya’s advocates, Justice Mitra directed the matter to come up for hearing on June 12.

The suit against India Today, its journalist, Sayantan Chakravarty and editor-in-chief Aroon Purie, editor Prabhu Chawla and printer and publisher NP Singh related to articles published in the weekly on May 8 and 15.

The other defamation suit was filed against Outlook, its journalists Ajith Pillai, Rajesh Joshi, Sujata Anandan, Krishna Prasad and its editor-in-chief Vinod Mehta and printer and publisher C Raveendra for articles in issue dated May 1.

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