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(Pi Bureau)
NEW DELHI: The Interpol has given a big blow to India’s chances of getting a Red Corner notice issued against former IPL Chairman Lalit Modi in a money laundering probe in the T-20 cricket tournament.
The global police body, officials said, has ruled in favour of Lalit Modi who had contested the issuance of such a warrant against him by the Interpol, on the request of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) of India.
The ED had first made the request in 2015 to the Interpol.
Lalit Modi also tweeted this information from his official twitter handle that a certificate endorsing such information has been issued by the Interpol.
The IPL Chairman who had secretly fled to UK after swearing in ceremony of Modi, in 2014 clearly says he has not done any wrong in any of the Indian Premier League (IPL) deals.
Meanwhile, official sources said the ED will go through the order issued by the Commission for the Control of Files (CCF) of the Interpol in this regard and take up the matter with the government and the CBI which is the nodal body for Interpol affairs in India.
It is understood that the ED will ask the ministry of external affairs (MEA) and the CBI to take up with Interpol past cases where India and other countries have got the RCN issued against their wanted people or criminal by just providing required legal documents.
