Ministry of External Affairs rejects RTI query on Lalit Modi's passport

New Delhi: At a time when external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj is under attack from the opposition for “helping” Lalit Modi obtain UK travel documents, her ministry refused to provide information about the passport issue involving the scandal-tainted former IPL boss.

The ministry has refused to answer an RTI application containing seven questions, including one on who had taken a decision not to appeal in the Supreme Court to challenge the Delhi High Court’s decision restoring Mr Lalit Modi’s passport.

The MEA, however, said the application has been “transferred” to its consular, passport and visa division and the ministries of finance and home.