Lalit Modi denies reports of tax raids

Lalit Modi, the vice president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, has strongly denied reports that his house and offices were raided by the income tax department.

Modi told Cricinfo that income tax officials had carried out a routine survey at the office of Rajasthan Cricket Association, of which Modi is the president, to seek "routine information about tax deducted at source (TDS) on certain payments made by the association last year".

"Contrary to what many media organisations have reported, neither my house, nor my offices were raided," Modi said, "in fact, no-one in Mumbai was aware of the raids."

Modi said he was initiating suitable legal action against the organisations which had tried to spread misinformation about him.