Did Dawood Ibrahim plot IPL takeover? Lalit Modi's bombshell claims

Key points

• Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi has claimed that persistent, life-threatening intimidation from underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and his syndicate was one of the primary reasons he permanently walked away from cricket administration.
• In an explosive interview with news agency ANI, the founder of India’s multi-billion dollar T20 tournament detailed a series of alleged extortion attempts, assassination plots, and a dramatic late-night confrontation involving a satellite phone call directly to the fugitive gangster.
• Lalit Modi, who currently resides in London following his departure from India in 2010 amidst financial and administrative investigations, stated that his refusal to facilitate illegal betting networks made him a primary target for the D-Company syndicate.
• According to Modi, the most direct confrontation occurred in London in 2012. He claimed he was contacted at 3:30 am by a London-based fixer who pressured him into visiting a penthouse apartment belonging to a well-connected intermediary...