Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi was questioned for as long as eight hours over the financial dealings and share holding patterns of the cricketing body as Income Tax officials left his Worli-based office early today. <br/><br/>IT officials visited IPL Head-Quarters at Wankhede Stadium as also Modi's office at Nirlon House in upmarket Worli, where they quizzed him from 7.15 pm to 3.20 am. <br/><br/>The raids conducted to probe the funding of the IPL teams and the ongoing funds controversy relating to the Kochi franchise. <br/><br/>Later, speaking to news persons, Mr Modi said the IT officials were visiting several places in the city in a bid to find out details of the bidding process and when he came to know of it, he invited them over to his office. <br/><br/>Earlier, top IT sleuths raided the Ahmedabad offices of Vipul Shah, owner of Parni Developers and the Bhavnagar offices of two other investors. <br/><br/>Kochi and Pune will be the two new teams from IPL 2011. <br/>
News On AIR | April 16, 2010 8:37 AM
IT Department conducts raid at IPL office in Mumbai