New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today issued notices to the Delhi government and city police after taking suo motu cognisance of media reports alleging that a sting operation carried out by a TV channel, which claimed to have exposed a sex racket run by a government school teacher, was fake and distorted.

A Bench comprising Chief Justice M K Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Khanna directed the government and the Delhi Police to file its response by Monday when the matter would be taken up by them.

The court passed the direction when senior advocate and President of Delhi High Court Bar Association Amarjit Singh Chandioke placed before it cutting of newspaper reports questioning the authenticity of the sting operation.

The Bench, however, refused to issue notice to the TV channel. "Let the government and the police file the report first," the Bench said.