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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 9 SEptEmbEr 2015 3 News Interpol seeks answers over wanted man Indians believe to be in Malta Matthew Vella Interpol has sought answers from India's criminal prosecu- tors at the Enforcement Direc- torate (ED) about evidence it has against a wanted entrepreneur it believes has absconded to Malta. According to reports, Interpol has yet to validate reasons for a red corner notice against former cricket czar Lalit Modi. The ED received the query from Interpol on 20 August, which asked to know if there is ample evidence against the former In- dian Premier League czar Modi, who was also said to be in exile in London. They have also sought the de- tails of the other accused in the case and the offence under which the case has been registered. A red corner notice may en- able Interpol to detain and bring Modi back to India from Malta, where he is said to be staying right now. India's Central Bureau of Investigation had recently sent documents to Interpol to proc- ess the red-corner notice against Modi. A non-bailable arrest warrant was also issued against Modi by a Mumbai court over his alleged involvement in financial irregu- larities in the IPL. Modi fled India about five years ago over charges pertain- ing to IPL money laundering. Modi, born in Delhi in 1963, was the first chairman and commis- sioner of the IPL, running the tournament for three years until 2010. Shortly after 2010, Modi was suspended from the Board of Control for Cricket in India af- ter being accused of misconduct, indiscipline and financial irregu- larities. The BCCI launched an investigation against him, and banned him for life in 2013 after a committee found him guilty of the charges. Modi denied any wrongdoing, and blamed accusa- tions on political rivalries. As of 2015, the ED has not found Modi guilty of any finan- cial irregularities. The Indian government revoked his pass- port in 2010, but the decision was overturned by the High Court in 2014. As a scion of a leading business family, Modi is the president and managing director of Modi En- terprises and the executive di- rector of Godfrey Phillips India. India's ED claims Interpol can- not ask a sovereign nation for details of investigation once it submits a request for a red corner notice. "Interpol is a mere facili- tating agency. It is also unheard of that Interpol gives an oppor- tunity for submission to someone who is a subject of RCN," an ED source told the Indian Express. HAVE YOUR SAY 4JHOVQBOEMPHPOUP.50CTFSWFSBOEIBWFZPVSTBZPO FWFSZUIJOHGSPNDVSSFOUBõBJSTUPMPDBMUSFOETXJUIUIF DIBODFUPXJOQSJ[FTJOPVSXFFLMZDPNQFUJUJPOT.50CTFSWFS JTZPVSDIBODFUPDPOUSJCVUFUPUIFGBTUQBDFEXPSMEPGUIF NFEJBBOEMFOEZPVSWPJDFUPUIFEJTDVTTJPO 7JTJUPCTFSWFSNBMUBUPEBZDPNNU Malta commemorates Victory Day MALTA yesterday remembered the 450th anniversary of the vic- tory against the Ottoman Empire with a series of events, including an official ceremony in Valletta. President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca laid flowers on the Great Siege Monument in Republic Street, Valletta. This was followed by a parade by the Armed Forces of Malta. Other flower laying ceremonies were held in Senglea and the Maria Addolorata cemetery where World War II victims were remembered. A private ceremony was held at Fort St Angelo in Vittoriosa in re- membrance of the victims of the Great Siege. Meanwhile, a number of par- ishes, including Senglea, Naxxar, Mellieha and Xaghra celebrated the feast of Our Lady of Victories. Originally these villages and towns celebrated the feast of Our Lady as a Child, however follow- ing the 1565 victory by the Order of the Knights of St John and the Maltese the feast changed its name to Il-Madonna tal-Vitorja. Apart from commemorating the end of the Great Siege of 1565, 8 September also happens to mark the end of the French occupation of Malta in 1800 and the armistice of the Fascist regime in Italy in 1943. In the latter, the connection with Malta was two-fold: the bombard- ments by the 'Aeronautica' were over and the Italian Navy was brought to Malta to remain at its moorings at St Paul's Bay until the end of the war. Lalit Modi was the first Chairman and Commissioner of the Indian Cricket Premier League President Marie Louise Coleiro Preca led the commemorative celebrations in Valletta