Cricket Canada CEO Salman Khan, who was appointed within the job in January this yr, has dismissed studies on his alleged arrest and launch on bail on prices of theft and fraud as “utterly false”. He, together with one different particular person, had been charged earlier this month with theft and fraud by the Calgary Police in relation to his earlier function as president of the Calgary and District Cricket League between 2014 and 2016.
It’s understood that originally the case was a civil go well with, however now felony prices have been laid.
Khan, posting on the Fb web page of Alberta Cricket Affiliation, mentioned: “I see many faux and self-created posts circulating round, and I wish to set the file straight. To begin with, these are all faux. I’ve by no means been arrested, detained, or on any bail. These claims are utterly false, and people spreading these rumors should reply for it.
“Here is the reality: A police grievance was filed in opposition to me greater than 7 years in the past. A police investigator approached me and mentioned he needed to listen to my facet of the story and see the proof I’ve to defend myself. He instructed me that if I did not present my facet, he would proceed with prices. I instructed him I might go to after Ramadan, however he did not wish to wait and determined to submit prices with out even listening to my facet or my proof.”
Khan mentioned nothing had been confirmed in opposition to him in seven years, and he would hold combating the case. “Let me make this clear: They don’t have anything to show in opposition to me – in 7 years they weren’t capable of show something within the civil case, and positively not in any felony case. I’ve over 21 transcripts, with the complainant even admitting that every little thing was false.
“I’m not nervous in any respect. I am able to battle identical to I have been doing for the previous 8 years.”
