A special Mumbai court has accepted the Enforcement Directorate’s plea for a non-bailable warrant against former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi.BCCI registered an FIR in Chennai against Modi in 2010. In 2008, the cricket body had awarded 10-year media rights to WSG for USD 918 million. WSG then entered into a deal with MSM to make Sony the official broadcaster. The contract was replaced later with a nine-year deal where MSM paid WSG USD 1.63 billion.In 2009, ED started a probe under Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) to investigate the allegation that payment of Rs 425 crore facilitation fee by MSM Singapore to WSG Mauritius had been made in an unauthorised manner.
Mumbai court issues non-bailable warrant against Lalit Modi
