London: While the Enforcement Directorate has issued summons to Lalit Modi in connection with an alleged money-laundering case, the former Indian Premier league (IPL) chief has said that he should be served the notices in London.
"I am yet to receive any notice from the Enforcement Directorate. Let ED send the notice to me first in London. ED knows where I live. ED should serve it to me here," Modi said.
An ED source had said that summons were issued to Modi last week through his attorney, who appeared before for an adjudicatory hearing. Modi has been asked to appear before the ED in three weeks.
The move comes just days after the ED sought legal assistance from Singapore and Mauritius for the probe into alleged financial irregularities in the IPL.
The agency had also recorded the statement of former BCCI chief N Srinivasan. The case relates to a 2008 deal between World Sports Group (WSG) and Multi Screen Media (MSM) for television rights of Indian Premier League (IPL) worth Rs 425 crore.
BCCI, through Shrinivasan, filed an FIR in Chennai in 2010 under various provisions of the IPC, while two years later the ED registered a case under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in the matter.
In 2008, the BCCI awarded 10-year media rights to WSG for $918 million. In 2008 itself, WSG entered into a deal with MSM to make Sony the official broadcaster. The contract was replaced in 2009 with a nine-year deal where MSM paid $1.63 billion.
The ED started a probe in 2009 under Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) to investigate allegations that payment of Rs 425 crore facilitation fees by MSM Singapore to WSG Mauritius was made in an illegal way.
The payments were made to "unauthorised beneficiaries" and not the cricketing regulating bodies as per the terms of the contract, ED said.
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