Mumbai, Mar 4: Eluding investigating agencies for last six months over allegations of foreign exchange violations, sacked IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi found his passport revoked today by the government in its bid to bring him back here from London.
The Enforcement Directorate-driven action is aimed at probing Modi in the allegation of violations of foreign exchange laws in the conduct of T20 cricket tournaments.
"A letter has been received from Regional Passport Office, Mumbai informing that under Section 10 (3)(C) of the Passport Act, the passport of Lalit Modi has been revoked," Modi's counsel Mehmood A Abdi said today.
He said that Modi, who is at present in London, has been given time till March 31 to either file an appeal to the Ministry of External Affairs or move court in the matter.
The counsel has termed government's action as "very strange and shocking".PTI
