Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria has been asked to provide "information" on his statement regarding his meeting with tainted ex-IPL boss Lalit Modi in London.   

"We have asked Rakesh Maria to give information officially to the government on what he has said in the media.Based on his information, we will decide further course of action," he told PTI.   

Asked if a time frame has been laid down for Maria to give the information, the CM said he has been given a day's time.  On whether Maria will be asked to step down temporarily until the inquiry against him is conducted, Fadnavis said,"First let the information come to us."   

A fresh controversy had broken out yesterday in the Lalit Modi episode after Maria admitted that he had met the tainted ex-IPL boss in London in 2014 on the insistence of the latter's lawyer. Maria came out with a statement on the issue after news channels flashed a photo of the former IPL commissioner and the Mumbai police chief.  

 During the meeting that lasted 15 to 20 minutes, Lalit Modi sought the help of Mumbai police in view of "threat" to his life by the underworld in London, Maria said, adding that he apprised the then home minister about the meeting soon after returning from London.