Mumbai, May 10: Suspended IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi got a breather today after the Cricket Board gave him five more days to respond to the first show cause notice issued to him for alleged financial irregularities.
The BCCI decision came after Modi sought some documents from the Board to prepare his reply, though he was supposed to respond to the chargesheet by today.
“Lalit Modi has requested the Board President (Shashank Manohar) and Secretary (N Srinivasan) to extend time. He was supposed to reply to the show cause notice today. The Board has taken a decision to extend time up to the 15th of May,” BCCI Chief Administrative Officer Ratnakar Shetty told reporters here.
Shetty’s announcement came soon after Modi’s lawyer Memmood S Abdi handed over the remaining documents pertaining to the IPL which were with the suspended IPL chief.
–Agencies