New Delhi, May 19 -- Turkish ground handling firm Celebi Airport Services whose clearance for ground handling at various Indian Airports were recently revoked by the Bureau of Civil Aviation, has sent a legal cease and desist legal notice to prominent commentator and geopolitical expert Abhijit Iyer Mitra.

The notice sent to Iyer Mitra via counsel, alleges that Iyer Mitra has been spreading false and malicious statements about the firm Celebi. The notice further alleges that Mitra had claimed that Turkish President Erdogan's daughter owns the firm and was married to a manufacturer of drones supplied to Pakistan and that Celebi's presence in India was a threat to country's national security.

The notice claims that neither Celebi or its s...