kumble Case: MEA gets notice

BANGALORE: The Vacation Bench of the Karnataka High Court on Thursday issued notices to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and Regional Passport Officer (RPO) on a petition in the forgery case against former cricketer Anil Kumble.Hearing a petition by Kumar V Jahgirdar — the biological father of Anil Kumble’s custodial daughter Aaruni — Justice A S Bopanna issued an interim order directing the RPO not to destroy any document relating to Aaruni’s passport until further orders.  Jahgirdar sought action against police for not taking action against Kumble who had allegedly forged Aaruni’s signature on her passport, and for not registering an FIR against him.