Lalit Modi claims Interpol rejected India’s request for Red notice against him

Former IPL chairman Lalit Modi left India in 2010 after facing charges of financial irregularity in IPL. He is currently living in Britain. His extradition process is still pending.

Interpol has given a major reprieve to graft tainted former Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Lalit Modi denying a Red Notice against him.

Former IPL chief Lalit Modi has claimed that Interpol has denied a Red Notice against him. (HT File)

The CBI, however, has said that it is authenticating the Interpol documents.

“I just got off from a flight from Barcelona through which I sat completely numb. Just as I was boarding the flight I got the news that the Interpol had finally investigated and concluded and reached a verdict in my favour with a detailed letter of rejection of India’s request for issuing of a Red Notice,” Modi wrote on his Instagram account.

He also posted Interpol documents, which were not for public dissemination, at his Instagram and Twitter accounts.

“The sword that was hanging over my head has suddenly gone,” Modi said.

The Interpol document dated March 24 said: “Lalit Kumar Modi... is not subject to an Interpol Red Notice or diffusion and not known in the Interpol’s database.”

The organisation however clarified that “in the past the individual (Lalit Modi) was subject of data record in Interpol’s database, yet the data was later cancelled”.

CBI spokesperson RK Gaur told IANS: “The agency is authenticating the Interpol documents.”

Lalit Modi had left India in 2010 after facing charges of financial irregularity in IPL. He is currently living in Britain. His extradition process is still pending.