I am shocked by my sacking: Jothikumaran

Jothikumaran, who resigned as Secretary General of the IHF following a sting operation showing him puportedly accepting bribe, said the decision to suspend IHF without listening to him was “illegal.”

“Taking into account that I was not invited nor I was issued with a show cause notice and not having heard my stand on whatever the issues that they discussed today, the IOA’s decision is illegal and the principal of natural justice has been violated,” he said.

Jothikumaran alleged that no official from the IOA contacted him for the meeting.

“Mr Suresh Kalmadi had gone on record saying that I was not present to explain despite having been invited. It is totally false.

“I had not been invited for the EC meeting despite the IOA having my telephone numbers mobile and email addresses.

There was not even a telephonic message asking me to attend the EC meeting,” he said.

Jothikumaran said he was denied a chance to explain his position.

“I have resigned from the IHF until I am cleared of the issue but I continue to be a EC member of the IOA. I was not issued with any show cause notice or asked to give my stand in writing by the IOA,” he said.