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[caption id="attachment_42324" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Former IPL chairman Lalit Modi submitted forged documents to Interpol. Image Source: pinterest.com[/caption] Internet Desk: Former IPL chairman Lalit Modi may have landed himself in further trouble as the Enforcement Directorate has informed the Interpol that the documents submitted by Modi in his defence were forged. The ED has made this allegation against Modi following the Interpol’s decision to refuse issuing a Red Corner Notice (RCN) to the former IPL chairman. According to a report in Indian Express the ED has sent a detailed communication to CBI, which will forwarded to interpol. Lalit Modi, who is now in London, is reported to have submitted a purported Chennai police report — which said that its probe had concluded and that the allegations against him were of “civil nature” and that it was going to move court to file a closure report — to a commission that decided on the RCN. The Enforcement Directorate confirmed that the Chennai police have not filed such a report. “This is blatantly false. Chennai police has neither concluded the case to be of civil nature nor closed the probe. Whatever documents he submitted to Interpol regarding this are false. We have told this to Interpol,” said the ED official. Interpol’s order, delivered by the Commission for the Control of Interpol’s Files, said the decision was “based on the discovery of a fact… on the following argument provided by the requesting party… the Chennai police has concluded its investigations, finding the complaint to be of civil nature rather than of criminal nature, and that the complaint suffered from various legal defects including that of jurisdiction, and Chennai police will shortly move the competent court for closure of the case…” The order said Modi had provided a copy of the report. The Enforcement Directorate has also questioned Interpol’s decision to deny an RCN. According to a report, the Interpol has denied RCN on the grounds that there was no charge-sheet against Modi nor have that extradition proceedings started against him. According to the ED official, “There is no such rule or law that says that an RCN cannot be issued against a person unless there is a charge-sheet or a pending extradition request against him. We have pointed this out to Interpol.” The ED had earlier sent all the relevant documents, including the FIR, statements of witnesses and details of financial transactions.