Bollywood actress Nupur Mehta on Monday threatened to take legal action against Britain's The Sunday Times, trashing the
newspaper’s allegations that she was all for match-fixing in last year's World Cup Cricket semi-final between India and
Pakistan at Mohali.
Saying that Indian bookmakers were using the Bollywood actress as a honey trap to mend international matches and likewise England county games, the days claimed that it had evidence that tens of thousands of pounds were offered to players for spot-fixing.
Even though the days didn't name her, a picture with a blurred face was published within the newspaper that resembled Mehta, media reports said.
Nupur, who has worked in Sunny Deol-starrer Jo Bole So Nihal (2005), on Monday said that she were accused o something she had not done.
“All I MIGHT say is IT'S NOT THAT I AM guilty of this sort of thing. The image that they have got used was taken during my film Jo Bole So Nihal," she was quoted as saying.
"I intend to do so against them," she added.
Meanwhile the International Cricket Council (ICC) also dismissed The Sunday Times' claim that it's investigating the Cricket World Cup 2011 semi-final match between India and Pakistan.
In a statement, the ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat said: “The story carried by the newspaper, during which it has claimed that the ICC is investigating the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 semi-final between India and Pakistan, is baseless and misleading. The ICC has no reason or evidence to require an investigation into this match."
“It is indeed sad for spurious claims to be made which only serve to cause doubt at the semi-final of 1 of probably the most successful ICC Cricket World Cups ever,” he said.