Lele demands Rs 5 crore from Rediff
The recent fracas over an interview that the Honorary Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Jaywant Lele was alleged to have given to the website Rediff.com has come to a head
Anand Vasu
01-Dec-1999
The recent fracas over an interview that the Honorary Secretary of the
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Jaywant Lele was alleged
to have given to the website Rediff.com has come to a head. Mr. Lele
has carried out his threat of legal action and demanded that Rediff
pay him Rupees five crore (approximately US$ 1.65 million) as "general
damages" within 72 hours.
Rediff recently published a sensational interview in which Lele was
attributed to saying that India would lose all three Test matches to
Australia in the forthcoming series. The letter was addressed to
reporter Faisal Sharif and editor Nikhil Lakshman. Lele also said that
the money would be used to develop and promote cricket in India, as
the publication of the interview had tarnished the image of the game.
Lele demanded that an unconditional apology be published both in
Rediff.com and in all national newspapers across he country. Lele also
said in no uncertain terms that the interview titled "Lele Unfolds"
was "false and fictitious and made with the specific intent to
malign."