In what comes as a huge relief for former Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Lalit Mod, the INTERPOL has reportedly rejected India's request for a Red Corner Notice—the closest instrument to an international arrest warrant in use today—against him which would have ensured his extradition to India.
Modi, who is being hailed as the founder and architect of the IPL, left India in 2010 in the wake of allegations of corruption, money-laundering and tax evasion against him. He is accused of meddling with the process of granting broadcast rights of IPL in 2009 for which he allegedly received kickbacks.
He posted the letter form Interpol, dated March 24, 2017, on both Twitter and Instagram. "INTERPOL hereby certifies that, as of today, Mr Lalit Kumar Modi...is not subject to an INTERPOL Red Notice of diffusion and is not known in INTERPOL's databases," the letter from the international police organisation read.
"The #sword that was #hanging over my #head had suddenly gone," he said in his Instagram post and thanked his friends and family members "who have stuck with me and taken the wrath of #indian #goverment started by #congress #party Of #india."
