Mumbai: A special court here on Tuesday issued an order allowing the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to begin extradition proceedings against former IPL chairman Lalit Modi in connection with its money laundering probe against him and others.
Officials said the agency had placed a request in this regard before the special court here for extraditing Modi from the United Kingdom (UK) as its Interpol notice against the ex-IPL boss was yielding no results. They said the request was granted by the court of special judge P R Bhavake which had earlier issued a non-bailable warrant against Modi in the same case on the basis of which the ED got an Interpol Red Corner Notice (RCN) issued last year. The agency, they said, will now send the extradition request to the Ministry of External Affairs which is expected to subsequently send it to the authorities in the UK. (PTI)
