Interpol shuts door on ED for Red Corner notice against Lalit Modi

The global police body, officials said on Tuesday, has apparently ruled in favour of Modi who had challenged the request of the ED for issuance of a ‘Red Corner Notice’ against him in connection with its probe into the financial aspects of the cash-rich cricket tournament. 

The ED had first made the request in 2015 to the Interpol. A ‘Red Corner Notice’ is an arrest warrant circulated by Interpol on behalf of the government of a particular country. 

Modi also tweeted from his official handle a certificate endorsing such a stand by the Interpol which stated that he is not “subject to an Interpol Red Notice or diffusion and is not known in Interpol’s database.” The former cricket administrator, who is said to be in the UK, has maintained that he has not done any wrong in any of the IPL deals. 

Meanwhile, official sources said the ED will go through the order issued by the Commission for the Control of Files (CCF) of the Interpol in this regard and take up the matter with the government and the CBI which is the nodal body for Interpol affairs in India.