Lalit Modi

<p>Lalit Kumar Modi (born 29 November 1963) is an Indian-Vanuatuan <a href="/facts/Fugitive/5zceTggG">fugitive</a>, businessman and former cricket administrator. He was the founder, first chairman and league commissioner of the <a href="/facts/Indian_Premier_League/26tWrj7W">Indian Premier League</a> (IPL), and ran the tournament for three years until 2010. He also served as the Chairman of the <a href="/facts/Twenty20_Champions_League/R2fnIbUn">Champions League</a> from 2008 till 2010 and  was  Vice President of the <a href="/facts/Board_of_Control_for_Cricket_in_India/mguoFfBj">BCCI</a> from 2005 till 2010. He has also served as the President of the <a href="/facts/Rajasthan_Cricket_Association/y7r5UpHX">Rajasthan Cricket Association</a> from 2005 till 2009 and then again from 2014 till 2015, and as the vice president of the <a href="/facts/Punjab_Cricket_Association/gn9GLpRP">Punjab Cricket Association</a> from 2004 till 2012.
</p><p>As a close associate of the <a href="/facts/Bharatiya_Janata_Party/raIzUjH5">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> (BJP) leader <a href="/facts/Vasundhara_Raje/8gPM390P">Vasundhara Raje</a>, Modi once held considerable political clout in <a href="/facts/Rajasthan/rC0MvrRD">Rajasthan</a>. During Raje's first term as the <a href="/facts/Chief_Minister_of_Rajasthan/A4scpDqj">Chief Minister</a>, he was called "Super Chief Minister" by the opposition and the media. In 2010, Modi alleged that the <a href="/facts/Indian_National_Congress/Im1gQksb">Indian National Congress</a> minister <a href="/facts/Shashi_Tharoor/Xan6T8k3">Shashi Tharoor</a> held indirect <a href="/facts/Sweat_equity/RpD6vnvt">free equity</a> in the <a href="/facts/Kochi_Tuskers_Kerala/f5loj2Ff">Kochi Tuskers Kerala</a> IPL franchise, ultimately leading to Tharoor's resignation. The Kochi franchise alleged that Modi was harassing them, because he wanted another group to win the franchise bid. Shortly after IPL 2010 ended, Modi was suspended from BCCI after being accused of misconduct, indiscipline and financial irregularities. BCCI launched an investigation against him, and banned him for life in 2013 after a committee found him guilty of these charges. Modi denied any wrongdoing, and blamed accusations on political rivalries. Shortly before the <a href="/facts/Enforcement_Directorate/N4k960G7">Enforcement Directorate</a> (ED) launched an investigation against him for alleged financial irregularities, he moved to <a href="/facts/London/KozCCsy9">London</a> and was labeled a fugitive.
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