We will take legal action on Bhutia issue: Bagan

Kolkata: Bhaichung Bhutia might have signed for East Bengal after getting interim relief from the arbitrator but Mohun Bagan today maintained that the chapter was not closed and they would fight till the end."We are not coming out of the issue. We will take legal step and also refer the matter to FIFA. The chapter is not yet

closed and we will fight till last," Mohun Bagan secretary Anjan Mitra said. He said their next course of action would be announced tomorrow. The India captain was given an interim relief from the Mohun Bagan suspension and was declared a free player by AIFF arbitrator Amarendra Sharan. In the interim relief on September 26, Sharan had said since he would need some more time to submit his report, he decided to allow Bhutia to play with a rider that if the decision goes against him then the Indian skipper will have to sit out the entire season and pay back the club the advance received. Mohun Bagan had suspended Bhutia for six months without pay on disciplinary grounds after he missed an exhibition match and some practice sessions last season. Bhutia had appealed against the ban and in the meantime entered into an agreement with his former club East Bengal. Bureau Report