A controversy that is threatening to undermine public faith in the management of cricket – India’s national passion – deepened on Thursday as government authorities raided the headquarters of the Indian Premier League.
Tax officials raided the Mumbai offices of the IPL, the country’s multibillion-dollar cricket tournament, in a move that follows a dispute between one of the sport’s top officials and India’s deputy foreign minister.
The head of the IPL, Lalit Modi, has accused the minister, Shashi Tharoor, of trying to interfere in the recent auction of a team franchise that was won by a consortium involving a woman, who domestic media have claimed is Mr Tharoor’s girlfriend.
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