IIT Delhi director resigns amid Sachin, Swamy controversies

New Delhi, Dec 28 : IIT Delhi director R.K. Shevgaonkar Sunday said he had resigned amid controversies over matters involving cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and BJP leader Subramanian Swamy even as the government sought to dispel reports that it had pressed him to quit. "I have resigned," Shevgaonkar told the media on the sidelines of an event here but refused to go into details. Reports in a section of media mentioning alleged government pressure as a reason for Shevgaonkar's resignation evoked a clarification from the the human resource development ministry which termed the news item as "factually inaccurate and incorrect". Tendulkar and Swamy also slammed the news item. The news report had said that Tendulkar was reportedly keen on cricket academy at the IIT ground but the cricketer denied this was true. "I am appalled to read the stories that suggest some land has been asked from IIT-D for academy in my name," Tendulkar said in a tweet."I have not even planned any academy neither do I want any piece of land for any purpose." "Wish that basic facts are checked from me before publishing such fiction using my name," he added. Swamy said he was serving a legal notice on a newspaper after it reported that one of the reasons for the IIT director's exit was pressure allegedly mounted by the central government on IIT to pay back dues to him.