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Friday, March 4, 2011

Sacked IPL chief Modi's passport revoked

Indian authorities revoked a pass of former Indian Premier League supremo Lalit Modi, seen here in 2010, 6 months after he was suspended from using a remunerative contest over swindle allegations.
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NEW DELHI (AFP) – Indian authorities upon Friday revoked a pass of former Indian Premier League supremo Lalit Modi, 6 months after he was suspended from using a remunerative contest over swindle allegations.

Modi, who right away lives in London, faces rapist charges together with fake accounting, as good as accusations by a Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that some-more than 106 million dollars were wasted during IPL events.

The Press Trust of India headlines group pronounced that his pass was revoked in a supervision bid to force him to lapse to India over charges associated to purported unfamiliar sell violations, though serve explaining a authorities’ plans.

Modi founded a IPL in 2008 as good as his ardent character came to model a event, that revolutionised cricket with a money-spinning mix of general star players, Twenty20 matches as good as Bollywood glamour.

But a annual contest was shortly stubborn by allegations of large corporate corruption, money-laundering as good as taxation evasion, as good as tip deals to censor teams’ genuine owners as good as even links to India’s rapist underworld.

Modi has consistently denied all accusations done opposite him as good as has vowed to quarrel to transparent his name, observant he is accessible for doubt in Britain though will not lapse to India.

He lashed out upon Friday over a revoking of his passport, observant upon Twitter “mere allegations, review agencies have come up with zilch.”

His counsel Mehmood Abdi told reporters a preference was “very bizarre as good as shocking.”

Modi says he lives in London, surrounded by bodyguards, as his hold up is in risk from Mumbai-based gangsters related to bootleg gambling.

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