After Citizenship Snub, Lalit Modi Shares Photo from Vanuatu: Calls It ‘Beautiful Country’

After Citizenship Snub, Lalit Modi Shares Photo from Vanuatu: Former IPL commissioner Lalit Kumar Modi uploaded pictures on social media from Vanuatu after Prime Minister Jotham Napat of the island nation instructed the Citizenship Commission to revoke Modi's passport.

“Vanuatu a beautiful country. You must put on your bucket list. Away from all the pollution and noise. Truly heavenly country,” Modi posted on X.

On March 7, Modi applied at the Indian High Commission in London to renounce his Indian citizenship.

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He is known to have got citizenship of Vanuatu another South Pacific Island nation. Apparently, he left India in 2010 and has been living in London since then.

An official media statement by the Republic of Vanuatu stated, “I have instructed the Citizenship Commission to cancel the Vanuatu passport issued to Lalit Modi following recent revelations in international media."

"While all standard background checks, including Interpol screenings, conducted during his application showed no criminal convictions, I have been made aware in the past 24 hours that Interpol twice rejected Indian authorities' requests to issue an alert notice on Lalit Modi due to lack of substantive judicial evidence," PTI quoted the statement as saying.

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Lalit Modi accused of money laundering

Lalit Modi is probably among the most wanted persons in India. The Indian law enforcement agencies are looking to arrest him in connection with various financial crimes, including, among others, rigging bidding for the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises, money laundering, and FEMA violations. He left India in 2010 when investigations were underway against him for alleged financial irregularities, including unauthorized fund transfer.

If the request for the cancellation of Indian passport is granted, then he may become a person without legal status in the UK as the authorities in Vanuatu are also withdrawing his citizenship.

On March 8, Lalit Modi wrote on X, “No court of law in India has a case pending against me personally. It's only media fiction. Fifteen years have gone. But they keep saying we are going after me - more than welcome to.”

“But first file an application for any wrongdoing, instead of just imagining that I have been charged with something wrong.... This is called fake news.... Only thing that I have done single handedly is create a global loved product called IPL which you lap it up like there is no tomorrow,” he added.

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