A local court has ordered Jammu and Kashmir Police to probe charges against the president of Board for Cricket Control in India (BCCI), Mithun Manhas, over alleged discrepancy in his date of birth certificate.
Accordingly, the judge observed that before lodging or registering any cognizable offence by the police, a preliminary inquiry has to be conducted by the magistrate. Adjudicating a petition filed by former deputy SP and ex-former joint secretary of the J&K Cricket Association, Sudershan Mehta, the sub-judge/special railway magistrate, Jammu, Sandeep Singh Sen ordered station house office of the Nowabad police station to conduct a preliminary enquiry into the matter and submit his report before his court by or before September 3.
“As per information received through email of Maharaja Hari Singh Agriculture Collegiate (MHAC) School Nagbani Jammu where Manhas studied, his date of birth was confirmed to be 09.12.1977 whereas the official website of Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) revealed his date of birth as 12.10.1979,” the petitioner submitted before the court. “As such, SHO police station Nowabad, Jammu is directed to conduct a preliminary enquiry into the matter and submit its report before this court by or before September 3, 2026,” the judge remarked in his order.
