K K Modi served as the chairman of Modi Enterprises, which includes companies like Godfrey Phillips, Indofil Industries and Modicare
Modi is already facing a money-laundering probe also, though he has been denying any wrongdoing
Lalit Modi left India after being charged with money laundering
Modi requested the BCCI to release the funds meant for the RCA after his resignation
The move is planned to get the BCCI suspension on RCA revoked
ED is pursuing 17 cases of alleged financial impropriety against Modi
The 'appointment letter' claims that Dhoni was offered post of VP (Marketing) at India Cements
Lalit Modi claims he has been dropped from Interpol's Red Notice category
Case pertains to a criminal complaint filed by the BCCI which has accused the former IPL commissioner of misappropriating funds during his tenure
Swiss Federal Tax Administration gave Modi and his wife 10 days for 'exercise of the right to be heard'
Chennai Police writes to finance ministry and the ED, stating that an FIR had been filed against Modi, which may prompt agencies to investigate the case afresh
Facing money laundering probe, with the ED asking the Ministry of External Affairs to act in this regard
Action due to non-compliance of ED summons on PMLA case
Facing Opposition heat on 'Lalitgate', Government today made it clear that External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj is ready to make a statement in Parliament on allegations against her on facilitating Lalit Modi's travel documents. Talking to reporters after an all party meeting called by him on the eve on Monsoon beginning tomorrow, Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu told reporters that Swaraj was keen to make a statement on the Lalit Modi issue. At the same time, Naidu rejected the demand for resignation being made by Congress. Opposition parties had been closing ranks against the government on several issues including the Vyapam scam in Madhya Pradesh and the Lalit Modi controversy in which names of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and Swaraj have figured. The Opposition, mainly the Congress, has been demanding resignation of Raje, Swaraj and MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, a demand which has been spurned by the ruling dispensation. Bracing itself
Modi's lawyer had returned the summon under PMLA stating that he is not authorized to receive it
Yesterday, Modi's lawyer had returned the copy of the summons to the ED saying he was not authorised to receive it.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje was today at the centre of a fresh controversy over reports suggesting that she had recommended former IPL chief Lalit Modi for a Padma award in 2007. While the CM's press advisor refused to comment on media reports, Rajasthan Sports Minister Gajendra Singh said, "I do not have any idea about it" on being asked whether Raje had sent such a recommendation. Raje had reportedly forwarded Lalit Modi's name to the state's sports council citing grounds of his vast business empire and his contributions in development of cricket in the state. When contacted, Subhash Joshi, who was then Honorary Secretary to the Rajasthan Cricket Association(RCA) told PTI, "Rajasthan State Sports Council's (RSSC) Secretary had sent us a letter for submitting Padma award proposal of Lalit Modi as he was RCA President and BCCI Vice President on July 27, 2007." "RSSC had sent a letter seeking the details and papers of Lalit Modi (LaMo) from RCA", Joshi said. ...
Lalit Modi's lawyer has returned the summons issued to the former IPL boss by the Enforcement Directorate, saying he was not authorised to receive them, the Central agency said today. Advocate Mehmood M Abdi, who represents Modi, in a statement said, "I have not recieved any such summons". "ED has Modi's address in the UK. They are required to serve him as per the procedure prescribed in law," Abdi said. The Central agency had last week issued summons to Modi in a money-laundering case registered against him here, seeking his presence at its office within three weeks. It was returned by his lawyer who said he was not authorised by Lalit Modi to receive it, an ED officer said today. The case relates to a 2008 deal between World Sports Group (WSG) and Multi Screen Media (MSM) for television rights of Indian Premier League (IPL) worth Rs 425 crore. In 2008, BCCI awarded 10-year media rights to WSG for USD 918 million. WSG entered into a deal with MSM to make Sony the ...
Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi has forwarded the complaint to the Economic Offences Wing
No one in the BJP government at the Centre and Rajasthan has flouted any law or involved in corruption, Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu said as he blamed the opposition for a "defamation and disinformation" campaign over the controversy surrounding former IPL chief Lalit Modi. The Urban Development Minister, currently on a five-day non-official visit to the US, was responding to questions yesterday about the allegations against leaders of the BJP - both at the Centre and in Rajasthan - in the Lalit Modi row. "No body (in BJP) is involved in corruption. No law has been flouted. No immoral activities have been taken by anyone in this government. This is an attempt by the opposition parties as part of their defamation campaign, because we have given an honest and transparent administration. "They are disturbed, that's why they are into this disinformation campaign," Naidu told reporters after being felicitated by the Overseas Friends of BJP in Chantily, Virginia - a suburb of Washington