Awaiting Chennai Police's reply to respond to Interpol: Govt on Lalit Modi case

NEW DELHI: The government today said it is awaiting an investigation status report from Chennai Police in order to respond to queries raised by the Interpol in connection with a money laundering case against former IPL chairman Lalit Modi being probed by Enforcement Directorate.

Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha told Rajya Sabha in a written reply that Singaporean authorities have also raised "certain queries" from India and have asked for a revised Letters Rogatory (judicial requests) in the case.

"Request for revised LR is under process," he said.

He said in response to a request to Interpol to issue a Red Corner notice against Modi, "certain queries were raised by the Commission for the Control of Interpol Files".

"Further, a letter to the predicate agency (Chennai Police) has been sent for obtaining investigation status of the scheduled offence. The reply from predicate agency is awaited for responding to the queries raised by the Commission for the Control of Interpol Files," he said.

He said the ED had initiated a probe under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against Modi based on a complaint of the Chennai Police here.

"The Directorate (ED) has conducted search and seizure operations at the office premises of certain companies. Documents collected so far from various authorities are being examined.

"Summons are being issued to the officials of the companies mentioned in the FIR registered by the predicate agency," he said.