JAMMU, Aug. 19 -- A local court has ordered Jammu and Kashmir Police to probe charges against the president of Board for Cricket Control in India (BCCI), Mithun Manhas, over alleged discrepancy in his date of birth certificate. Adjudicating a petition filed by former deputy SP and ex-former joint secretary of the J&K Cricket Association, Sudershan Mehta, the sub-judge/special railway magistrate, Jammu, Sandeep Singh Sen ordered station house office of the Nowabad police station to conduct a preliminary enquiry into the matter and submit his report before his court by or before September 3. The petitioner had sought an FIR under section 175 (3) of BNS 2023 against the BCCI president for allegedly committing offence of fraud, cheating, forgery of date of birth under provisions of the BNS 2023. According to the petitioner, Manhas allegedly forged and fabricated his date of birth to gain advantage for playing at junior level cricket at national level and had shown two dates of birth to gain benefit for selection in national tournaments under sub junior and junior category in the game of cricket. In the petition, Mehta had accused Manhas of having furnished his date of birth different from the date reflected in the school records. Mehta said that by making false statements and fabricating record, the said person had committed the offence under Sections 415, 420, 462 of IPC, now sections 318 (4), 321, 323 under BNS.htc...