Sushma-Lalit Modi row: Ex-Foreign Secy Sujatha Singh gives Oppn more ammo

June 16, 2015 11:57

NDTV reports: A massive row over Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj helping Lalit Modi, the controversial former chief of the Indian Premier League, obtain British travel documents, threatened to escalate on Tuesday as it emerged that a top foreign ministry official was apparently kept in the dark.

Sujatha Singh, who was foreign secretary at the time Lalit Modi got emergency travel documents in July last year, has indicated to NDTV that she was not consulted.

"I have no idea about this case. I don't recall a single paper related to this," said Singh, who was asked to quit in January this year, five months before her tenure was to end.

Her comment could give more ammo to opposition parties like the Congress, who allege that the foreign minister went out of her way to facilitate Lalit Modi, under investigation by the Enforcement Directorate for corruption linked to the multi-billion dollar cricket league.

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