Interpol shuts door on ED for warrant against Lalit Modi

March 28, 2017 19:43

India's efforts to get an arrest warrant issued by the Interpol against Lalit Modi in a money laundering probe in T-20 cricket tournament faced a setback with the agency stated to have accepted the former IPL chief's plea against the move.

The global police body, officials said today, has apparently ruled in favour of Modi who had challenged the request of the Enforcement Directorate for issuance of a 'Red Corner Notice' against him in connection with its probe into the financial aspects of the cash-rich cricket tournament.

The ED had first made the request in 2015 to the Interpol. A 'Red Corner Notice' is an arrest warrant circulated by Interpol on behalf of the government of a particular country.

Modi also tweeted from his official handle a certificate endorsing such a stand by the Interpol which stated that he is not "subject to an Interpol Red Notice or diffusion and is not known in Interpol's database."

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