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IOA secy Mehta avoids dais at Asian Games torch lighting ceremony

Updated on: 10 August,2014 03:36 AM IST  | 
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The IOA Secretary General Rajeev Mehta, who was arrested by the Scotland Police in an alleged drunk driving, during the Commonwealth Games, avoided coming on the dais despite being present at the Asiad torch lighting ceremony at Major Dhyan Chand Stadium here on Saturday

IOA secy Mehta avoids dais at Asian Games torch lighting ceremony

Rajeev Mehta

New Delhi: The IOA Secretary General Rajeev Mehta, who was arrested by the Scotland Police in an alleged drunk driving, during the Commonwealth Games, avoided coming on the dais despite being present at the Asiad torch lighting ceremony at Major Dhyan Chand Stadium here on Saturday.


Mehta's name was announced by the compere but he was nowhere to be seen in the public view, even though the tainted official was very much present in the stands.

Rajeev Mehta
Rajeev Mehta 



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