Former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner and fugitive Lalit Modi’s Vanuatu citizenship will be cancelled. Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat has ordered the Citizenship Commission to cancel the passport issued to Lalit Modi. According to the Vanuatu Daily Post report, this decision has been taken on the basis of reports which claimed that Lalit Modi is trying to avoid extradition to India. Many reports were published in the international media regarding this. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) statement said that Interpol had twice refused to issue an alert against Lalit Modi. Due to this, his passport application was not rejected. Even after checking his background, he was not found guilty of any crime. Give your opinion by participating in Bhaskar Poll… Applied to surrender Indian passport After taking Vanuatu citizenship, Lalit Modi had applied to surrender his Indian passport. The Ministry of External Affairs had said on March 7 that Lalit had deposited his passport in the Indian High Commission in London. Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that Lalit Modi has taken Vanuatu citizenship. We will continue to pursue the case against him according to the law. On March 8, while posting X, Lalit Modi wrote – There is no case pending against me in any court of India. This is just the imagination of the media. It has been 15 years, but they still say that they are after me. Why did Lalit Modi run away from India? Lalit Modi was the President of Rajasthan Cricket Association from 2005 to 2009. He started IPL in 2008. BCCI made him the President and Commissioner of IPL. In 2010, Lalit was accused of corruption in IPL. Lalit had given the IPL contract of Rs 425 crore to Mauritius company World Sports. Modi was accused of taking a commission of Rs 125 crore. It was also said that he adopted unfair means during the auction of two new teams. In 2010, BCCI suspended Lalit immediately after the final of the third season of IPL. In 2010 itself, citing threats from the underworld, Lalit Modi fled from India to London. ED issued a ‘Blue Corner’ notice against him. His passport was also cancelled. In 2011, BCCI formed an inquiry committee headed by Arun Jaitley. Then Congress MP Jyotiraditya Scindia and then BCCI President N Srinivasan were its members. In 2012, Lalit Modi said that he helped Srinivasan in bringing England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff to CSK in the 2009 IPL. Lalit Modi is the owner of a company worth Rs 12 thousand crores. Lalit Modi is the President of Modi Enterprises. The total net worth of Modi Enterprises is Rs 12 thousand crores. The company does business of agro, tobacco, pan masala, mouth freshener, confectionery, retail, education, cosmetic, entertainment and restaurant. Apart from India, the business of Modi Enterprises is spread across Middle East, West Africa, South-East Africa, South-East Asia, East Europe, Australia, South America and Central America. According to media reports, the total assets of Lalit Modi are worth Rs. 4.5 thousand crores. Lalit Modi has three Ferraris, which cost Rs. 15 crores. ————————– Read this news related to Lalit Modi too… Today’s Explainer: Why did Lalit Modi, who fled from India, take the citizenship of Vanuatu; A country of volcanoes and earthquakes, with a population just as big as a town Former IPL chairman and fugitive Lalit Modi has applied to give up Indian citizenship. Now he has become a citizen of Vanuatu, a country of small islands. The total population of this island country located in the Pacific Ocean is 3 lakhs, which is half the population of a city like Dehradun. Read the full news here…
