Lalit Modi seeks clarification on ED’s Blue Corner Notice

Modi said had not received any official communication from Enforcement Directorate in this regard.

Former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi has requested the Enforcement Directorate to clarify whether a Blue Corner Notice has been issued against him by the agency,saying he has not received any official communication from them in this regard.

“In the past two days,there has been a lot of speculation and contradictory reports in the media that a Blue Corner Notice or a request for a Blue Corner Notice has been issued by and/or at the instance of the Enforcement Directorate,” Modi said in a letter to the agency.

“Whilst initial media reports suggested that this was indeed the case,subsequent media reports contradicted what had been reported earlier,” he said in the letter addressed to the ED officials in Mumbai and Delhi.

A copy of the letter has been sent to Finance Ministry.

“Neither me,nor my solicitors (who have been interacting with the Enforcement Directorate) nor my Constituted Attorney Mehmood Abdi have been served with any official communication or proceeding in this behalf. As there is a great deal of uncertainty,may I request your good selves to kindly clarify what the correct factual position is,so as to enable me to consider my position and seek legal advice.”

“If indeed,a Blue Corner Notice or a request for a Blue Corner Notice has been issued,I would,in the circumstances regard this as highly improper and a serious interference with my personal liberty.”

Modi said such a measure against him was not justified as he had been co-operating fully with the authorities and had also informed them about the reason for his inability to appear before them in India.

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Modi is facing 22 charges ranging from financial irregularities to rigging bids,proxy holdings and kickbacks in broadcast deals of IPL.