The All India Football Federation hereby announces that the services of Dr. Shaji Prabhakaran have been terminated due to breach of trust with immediate effect as of 7th November, 2023. 

The AIFF Deputy Secretary, Mr M Satyanarayan, will take charge as Acting Secretary General of AIFF with immediate effect.

The termination letter was sent to Prabhakaran on Tuesday evening and from Wednesday, Prabhakaran has stopped going to Football House, the headquarters of AIFF, in Dwarka near New Delhi."The All India Football Federation hereby announces the services of Dr. Shaji Prabhakaran have been terminated due to breach of trust with immediate effect," according to an AIFF media release on Wednesday afternoon.

The decision was taken by AIFF president Kalyan Chaubey, vice-president NA Harris and the treasurer Kipa Ajay and comes two days before Thursday's executive committee meeting.

Chaubey told media on Wednesday that AIFF members were not happy with Prabhakaran's functioning. For now deputy secretary-general Satyanarayan M will take over.