Lalit Modi gets interim relief in cheating case

Mumbai (PTI): In an interim relief for for Indian Premier League chief Lalit Modi, accused of cheating and forgery by Jaipur police, a court here on Tuesday stayed his arrest for four weeks. Additional Sessions Judge Ashwinikumar Deore granted Modi the interim relief.

Modi had moved the court seeking anticipatory bail in the cheating case registered against him in February this year for alleged failure to deposit money he publicly promised for the Jaipur blast victims in the Chief Ministers relief fund. The complaint was filed by the state convenor of Nagrik Morcha Pandit Suresh Mishra at Jyoti Nagar police station in Jaipur.

According to the complaint, Modi had reportedly made a public statement that he would donate Rs 6 crore to the then chief minister of Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje from the sponsors of IPL for the victims of the Jaipur blasts in May last year, Modi's lawyer Amit Desai told PTI. The complaint was lodged after Modi failed to deposit the amount to the relief fund.

Modi, who is also the President of Rajasthan Cricket Association, is already facing charges for allegedly acquiring a piece of land in Nagaur district through unfair means.