Tuesday , March 19 2024

Minerva Punjab moves Delhi High Court regarding Real Kashmir home game!

With Minerva Punjab FC heading to court instead of the ground for their I-League match in Srinagar in the wake of the Pulwama terrorist attack, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) Monday referred the matter to its League Committee.

Defending champions Minerva Punjab FC moved the Delhi Hight Court and filed a writ petition after the AIFF refused to relocate their match and a few hours later, the sport’s governing body went through the match commissioner’s report along with other relevant documents.

The match commissioner along with the referees, who have been posted in Srinagar since Friday and the players of the home team were at the venue for the match.

Claiming that they were not given the written security assurances they sought, Minerva Punjab did not travel to the Jammu and Kashmir’s capital for the game, even as the host team players turned up at the TRC Turf Ground in their jerseys.

Interestingly, the AIFF has not declared the match as forfeiture till now. According to FIFA guidelines, in the event of a forfeiture, full points are awarded to the team turning up for the game.

“We have filed a writ petition in the Delhi High Court, seeking relief so that we are not forced to play in Srinagar at this volatile time,” Minerva Punjab FC owner Ranjit Bajaj told PTI.

“Even today, there was a 12-hour encounter where four Armymen have been martyred. And they are saying ‘come and play football here’. Unless the court intervenes, we are not expecting natural justice.”

The fate of the February 28 match between East Bengal and Real Kashmir FC, scheduled to be played in Srinagar, has also come under the cloud.

Last Thursday, 40 CRPF paramilitary troopers were killed while several others injured in what is being termed as the deadliest terrorist strike in three decades in Jammu and Kashmir.

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