The Interpol has virtually dealt a death blow to India’s chances of getting a Red Corner Notice issued against former IPl Chairman lalit Modi in a money laundering probe in the T-20 cricket tournament.
The Global Police Body, officials said, has apparently ruled in favour of lalit Modi who had contested the issuance of such a warrant against him by the Interpol, on the request of the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The ED had first made the request in 2015 to the Interpol.
lalit 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.’
The cricket administrator, who is said to be in the UK, has maintained that he has not done any wrong in any of the Indian Premier league (IPl) deals.
Meanwhile, official sources said the ED will go through the order issued by the Commission for the Control of Files (CCF) of the Interpol in this regard and take up the matter with the Government and the CBI which is the nodal body for Interpol affairs in India.
It is understood that the ED will ask the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the CBI to take up with Interpol past cases where India and other countries have got the RCN issued against their wanted people or criminal by just providing required legal documents.