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Modi could lose passport

New Delhi - India Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao says former IPL chief Lalit Modi could lose his passport if he doesn't respond to corruption charges by next Thursday.

Modi has been suspended since April by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, which has been investigating bribery allegations in the 2008 auction for new teams in the Indian Premier League.

Modi has been living mainly outside India since the controversy began, and to force his return home to cooperate with the investigation, the BCCI approached the External Affairs Ministry to cancel his passport.

Rao says on Friday a notice was sent to Modi on October 13 and if he fails to respond by October 28, his passport will be revoked by the ministry.

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