New Delhi: Indian Express newspaper has reportedly sent a legal notice to the editor and publisher of Open and Outlook magazines for publishing an interview with Vinod Mehta that allegedly discredits the daily by discussing its military coup story.

In the interview, Vinod Mehta calls the Indian Express story 'the mother of all mistakes'.

Mehta has reportedly responded to the legal notice by saying that such matters ought to be resolved through debate and rather than in a court of law. He added he didn't have a problem with the notice.

The Indian Express story, which spoke about two Army units marching towards Delhi on the night of January 16 without any prior notification, was interpreted by many as hinting towards a possible coup. The newspaper denied making any such claims through the report.

The government, the Army chief and ex-Army personnel openly dismissed the speculations generated by the story as 'baseless'.