Sushma met Lalit Modi at private dinner for 15 guests in London: Sources

June 17, 2015 12:39

NDTV reports: External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj did meet former IPL chief Lalit Modi in London in October last year but sources close to her say the meeting was at a small, private dinner hosted by hotelier Joginder Sanger, the owner of the Kensington hotel where Swaraj was staying during an official trip for Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas.

"There was a small group of 15 people at this late night dinner organized by Sanger. Lalit was invited as a guest by Sanger. There was no other separate or individual meeting with Lalit Modi," sources in Sushma Swaraj's office told NDTV on reports that she had met Lalit Modi at London's Bentley hotel on October 17, 2014.

Sources have confirmed that since this was a late night private dinner that began close to midnight when the Foreign Minister landed in London, the High Commissioner, Ranjan Mathai, was not present or invited.

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