Cricket Canada CEO Salman Khan, who was appointed within the job in January this 12 months, has dismissed studies on his alleged arrest and launch on bail on expenses 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 position 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 prison expenses have been laid.
Khan, posting on the Fb web page of Alberta Cricket Affiliation, stated: “I see many pretend and self-created posts circulating round, and I need to set the document straight. To begin with, these are all pretend. 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.
“This is the reality: A police criticism was filed in opposition to me greater than 7 years in the past. A police investigator approached me and stated he wished to listen to my aspect of the story and see the proof I’ve to defend myself. He informed me that if I did not present my aspect, he would proceed with expenses. I informed him I’d go to after Ramadan, however he did not need to wait and determined to put up expenses with out even listening to my aspect or my proof.”
Khan stated nothing had been confirmed in opposition to him in seven years, and he would preserve 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 prison case. I’ve over 21 transcripts, with the complainant even admitting that the whole lot was false.
“I’m not nervous in any respect. I am able to struggle identical to I have been doing for the previous 8 years.”
