Former IPL boss Lalit Modi has no plans to return India any time soon
Lalit Modi has been under a lot of limelight lately and for all the wrong reasons. A simple mention of his name is enough to aggravate members of the BCCI. This sharp, brash and ruthlessly ambitious man was responsible for conceiving and executing the multi-million
dollar Indian Premier League. He left the landscape just as swiftly as he had entered amidst much controversy. He can be attributed for developing the Board of Control for Cricket in India into an economic power hub.
However, his recent fallout with the BCCI has landed him into serious trouble. The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 Regional Passport office has given him a notice of 10 days to reply to the notice they sent him over why they should not cancel his passport? Modi did not appear before
the Enforcement Directorate to answer the accusations of alleged financial irregularities, which has resulted in the Enforcement Directorate to write a letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting it to revoke Modi’s passport.
Lalit Modi had requested the Regional Passport Office to clarify as to why he was issued the notice and the deadline given for it? In recent developments, it has been learned that Modi is currently in England due to fears that his life might be in jeopardy.
Earlier this month, the Enforcement Directorate in an attempt to get him back in India issued a blue corner alert for the former chairman of IPL which made it mandatory for all law enforcement agencies the world over to detain him wherever they spotted him.
Lalit Modi has revealed that he is not planning to return to India any time soon to answer charges of corruption however he rubbished claims that he was absconding. During a rather rare public appearance by the founder of IPL at an International Sports Event
Management Conference in London, he said that he does not plan to go back to India.
He added that by 2016, the Indian Premier League will by far be the most watched sporting league in the world. He also hinted that he would like to help India for their Olympic bid stating that the Olympic Games will reach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 during his lifetime.
The future of the founder of Indian Premier League seems to be shrouded in uncertainty. In September 2010, Modi was suspended from being involved in any form of Indian cricket. He was then sacked as the chief of the IPL, lost his position as vice president
of the BCCI and also was stripped of his job as chairman of the Champions League T20 tournament which was an event jointly organized by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 and India.
Modi is accused of tax evasion along with money laundering on a large scale however he has denied all such allegations. He reiterates that he was not involved in any irregularities during the bidding process for two new franchises of the IPL.
He stated that he had absolutely no plans of attending the hearing back in India while on the contrary; the Indian authorities have also been rather reluctant to travel all the way to London to meet him even though he has assured them that he will cover
their travel expenses.
The founder of IPL however clearly states his intention of remaining involved in the field of cricket and wishes to introduce cricket to the United States of America. Sources have also revealed that in the last few months, he has turned down several offers
from different quarters to get involved in other sports. Modi remains committed to his affair with cricket.
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