Lalit Modi apologises for calling self, Mallya 'biggest fugitives'

IPL founder Lalit Modi on Monday apologised for calling himself and Vijay Mallya the “two biggest fugitives” of India in a video posted on social media and said that his statement was “misconstrued”.

In the now-deleted video from Mallya’s 70th birthday celebrations in London, Lalit Modi joked about the pair’s status as the two biggest fugitives of India.



Issuing an apology, Lalit Modi said in an X post, “I apologise if I have hurt anyone feelings, especially the Indian Government, whom I have the highest respect and regard for.

The statement was misconstrued and was never intended to be as played out, the founding commissioner of the Indian Premier League (IPL) added. He concluded the post by offering “deepest” apologies.