Amarjeet Sohi initiates legal action against 3 people [Video]

Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi is taking legal action against three people he alleges spread inflammatory and libelous allegations about him.

A Friday news release from Sohi’s lawyer, Avnish Nanda, says that Sohi has submitted documents initiating legal action against people who “created, circulated, amplified, benefited and profited from false claims and disinformation” that Sohi was “engaged in serious criminality and corruption.”

Those named in the legal papers are Mocha Bezirgan, Varinder Bhullar and Bob Rai.

Sohi alleges Bezirgan, an internet content creator, crafted and circulated disinformation with Rai, a collaborator.

He alleges they made “derogatory, inflammatory and libelous allegations of serious criminality and corruption” against him.

In addition, Sohi is accusing Bhullar of repeating and amplifying the allegations about him made by Rai and Bezirgan.

“The allegations of serious criminality and corruption made against me by these three individuals are untrue, and aim to damage my personal and political reputation …