Lalit Modi, the former chief of the Indian Premier League (IPL), described Vanuatu as \”truly heavenly\” The former IPL chairman left India in 2010 while facing allegations of financial fraud. He is accused of embezzling large sums of money during his tenure as IPL commissioner. Despite multiple efforts to secure his return to India, Mr Modi has remained in London since 2010. The island nation’s prime minister ordered the cancellation of Mr Modi’s passport, citing concerns that the fugitive was using it to evade extradition to India. The passport had been issued following standard background checks, including Interpol screenings, which revealed no criminal convictions at the time, PM Napat said. However, Interpol had twice rejected requests from Indian authorities to issue a notice against Mr Modi due to a lack of substantive judicial evidence. Any such alert would have triggered an automatic rejection of Mr Narendra’s citizenship application, the prime minister’s statement said. While India does not have a diplomatic mission in Vanuaton, its high commission in New Zealand manages relations with the island nation.