Eluding investigating agencies for the last six months over allegations of foreign exchange violations, sacked Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi found his passport revoked on Friday by the government in its bid to bring him back here from London.
The Enforcement Directorate-driven action is aimed at probing Mr. Modi in the allegation of violations of foreign exchange laws in the conduct of T20 cricket tournaments.
“A letter has been received from Regional Passport Office, Mumbai, informing that under Section 10 (3)(C) of the Passport Act, the passport of Lalit Modi has been revoked,” Modi's counsel Mehmood A. Abdi said.
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He said Mr. Modi has been given time till March 31 to either file an appeal to the Ministry of External Affairs or move court in the matter.
Counsel has termed government's action as “very strange and shocking.”