Putting up a stout defence,sacked BCCI administrator Lalit Modi today denied any wrongdoing during his role as IPL commissioner and called the charges against him as witch-hunt. Modi said he did not rig any of the IPL bids,did not make money out of IPL and that BCCI was aware of all his actions. Modi,in an interview to You Tube,said he actually spent from his own pocket during his tenure and never took any money from the Indian cricket Board for his job. Modi,said he would return to India whenever he is convinced that he is safe in the country. Modi said he was sorry that his tweets led to Shashi Tharoor's sacking but did not regret tweeting. He said whatever he did during the Kochi bid process,he did it for the benefit of the investors. Modi is facing charges of financial irregularities and is facing probe by Enforcement Directorate,BCCI Disciplinary Committee and the Chennai Police. Modi said BCCI was aware about the entire bidding process including that some of his relatives were involved. "When somebody turns around and says that they didn't know about it it's absolutely a false story.I mean everybody concerned from the governing council to the BCCI members,were very much present in the room,and in fact everybody was just happy at that point in time because we got eight bids," he said. "In fact you had my Vice Chairman Niranjan Shah who was questioned immediately after the auction and said 'Mr Modi's relatives have bid',he said 'so what,there are no other bidders out there,and if he has bid he has put his own money in',if it wasn't friends and family that are coming to bid and come into and believe in the product they wouldn't have had the IPL in the first place," he said. Asked about all the charges he said,"What I did is absolutely by the book,what I¿and the rules that we made,and we went out and delivered what we had to do. Currently whatever is on is like a witch hunt and you know I'd rather not comment on it,this is something that you've got to ask the government why they're doing it."
