India Summons Former Indian Premier League Chair Modi In Corruption Probe

An officer said that Indian financial investigators have ordered exiled former Indian Premier League Chair Lalit Modi to "return home to be interrogated over allegations of money-laundering linked to a mega TV deal," according to the AFP. The Enforcement Directorate has "issued the summons over a case" relating to a lucrative TV rights deal for the IPL, the "money-spinning" Twenty20 competition that Modi effectively founded and oversaw before he fled to London some five years ago. An Enforcement Directorate officer said that the former IPL chairman, who is now based in Britain, would "have three weeks to present himself before investigators in India." The officer said, "If he does not show up, we will take appropriate action." It is the first time that the directorate has "issued a formal summons against Modi in connection with allegations that proceeds from the TV deal were funnelled to unauthorised beneficiaries in Singapore and Mauritius" (AFP, 7/7).