Published>Thu, Oct 14 10 02:48 AM
N Srinivasan, secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday filed a criminal complaint with the Chennai City police commissioner, charging former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi with criminal misappropriation worth Rs 470 crore. The amount includes Rs 425 crore on media rights, Rs 15 crore on security and Rs 29 crore on free commercial air time. Srinivasan is believed to have named six others apart from Modi in his complaint. The details were not immediately available.
Police commissioner T Rajendran told media that the central Crime Branch would investigate the case. The commissioner said Modi may be summoned before investigating officials if required and assured proper investigation as BCCI is registered in Chennai.
The charges against Modi include criminal conspiracy (IPC 120B) criminal breach of trust (IPC 405), cheating (IPC 415, 420), forgery (IPC 463), making false documents (IPC 464) and falsification of accounts (IPC 477A).
The charges made by Srinivasan in his 25-page complaint filed Wednesday morning involve the period while Modi was IPL supremo. Following a slew of allegations of corruption and conflicts of interest, BCCI had suspended Lalit Modi from his IPL post in April.
Emerging from a meeting with the police commissioner, Srinivasan said the recent BCCI AGM had unanimously decided to file a comprehensive police complaint against Modi. IPL, he added, was incorporated in Chennai.
WSG had received a whopping Rs 425 crore ($80 million) as "facilitation fee" through its Mauritius-based subsidiary from the official broadcaster of the games, Sony Multi Screen Media (MSM), in a deal that was allegedly stitched together by Lalit Modi himself.
On Sunday, BCCI had expelled two IPL teams - Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab, both said to be connected to Modi - from the next edition of the popular domestic league for alleged contravention of rules. Modi is currently facing 22 charges ranging from financial irregularities to rigging bids, proxy holdings and kickbacks in broadcast deals of IPL.
In a related case, Srinivasan also complained to the police that his e-mail account and mobile phone were hacked and misused by some persons who sent text messages and e-mails to franchise owners and other stakeholders, cautioning them against siding with Modi. Srinivasan, president-elect of BCCI, also owns IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings.
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