India’s cricket board has given suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) boss Lalit Modi more time to reply to allegations of corruption against him dating back to the inaugural IPL season in 2008.
Modi requested for an extension of the Monday deadline and asked for some more documents relating to corruption charges, Ratnakar Shetty, a senior Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) official, said on Tuesday.
Modi now has five more days to reply to the notice, Shetty said.
Modi was suspended as the IPL chief nearly two weeks ago.
The BCCI is investigating Modi over the initial bids for the Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab team during the original 2008 IPL auctions, a broadcast deal, bid rigging of two new clubs last month and his own behaviour.
In the meantime, Modi is barred from participating in the operation of the IPL, the cricket board or any of its committees in the meantime.
Modi, who is a vice president of the BCCI, said his running of the IPL was completely transparent and denied any corruption.
Last month, Modi was given 15 days by the BCCI to show why “disciplinary action should not be taken against him.”
An investigation by the BCCI’s chief administrator into the IPL records had already shown “a lot of documents missing,” BCCI president Shashank Manohar said in April. — Sapa-AP