New Delhi: Lalit Modi, the father of the Indian Premier League and former chairman, has finally unveiled his distance from the cricket world. In a recent interview, he has made a shocking claim that he had to say goodbye to cricket administration forever because of the death threats he received from underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and his ‘D-Company’.
Strict attitude against match fixing
According to Lalit Modi, his strict attitude against match-fixing in the initial phase of IPL had broken the back of Dawood’s billion-dollar underground betting market. After which he became the target of the underworld.
Three deadly attacks took place
According to Lalit Modi, his strict stance against match-fixing in the initial days of IPL had given a big blow to Dawood’s billion-dollar underground betting market, after which he became the target of the underworld. He told that an attempt was made to attack him thrice. But they narrowly escaped each time. He said that when the mafia wanted to fix the match, he refused to turn a blind eye. He was also offered millions of dollars to remain silent.
Huge loss due to shifting to South Africa
Lalit Modi also told that when he decided to shift IPL to South Africa, D-Company suffered huge financial losses. Because the speculative market had placed a huge amount on its not going out of India. The pressure from the underworld to compensate for the loss continued to increase. Keeping in mind the safety of himself and his family, Lalit Modi decided to retire completely from cricket.
Kidnapping of son in London
Lalit Modi also said that no fixing took place in the first three years of his tenure, which did not please the underworld syndicate. Bombay Police had recorded these threats and had given him Z category security. There was also firing outside his house in Mumbai. Apart from this, conspiracies were also hatched to attack him in Johannesburg, South Africa and in Montenegro near the Croatian border. Which were foiled by local security agencies.
Mention of a horrifying incident
Lalit Modi also mentioned a very personal and horrifying incident in which his son was kidnapped in London. He told that in an incident in the year 2012, an influential fixer-dealer living in London had called him at 3:30 in the morning and asked him to meet a mysterious person named ‘Baba’. The fixer immediately connected Dawood directly through the satellite phone. Modi admitted that at that time he had urinated in his pants due to fear.
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