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Cornered Modi threatens to sue over betting allegations

News paper reports Modi's involvement in betting and money-laundering in IPL

PTI | April 19, 2010

Embattled IPL commissioner Lalit Modi Monday rubbished allegations of betting and money laundering in the event and threatened to take legal action against the newspaper which has made the accusations.

Modi, who is in Dubai to attend the ICC's executive board meeting on behalf of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Shashank Manohar, said the charges were "nonsense" and aimed at discrediting the Twenty20 tournament.

"Mr Lalit Kumar Modi, Chairman and Commissioner, Indian Premier League (IPL) has rubbished the front page article that appeared today in the Economic Times under the title 'I-T Blows The Lid off IPL Sleaze - Lalit Modi charged with Betting & Laundering'," the statement issued by the IPL on his behalf read.

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