Lalit Modi wants independent person or panel for probe

Lalit Modi has taken India's cricket bosses to court over his suspension as head of the scandal-hit Indian Premier League, a report said yesterday.

Modi's lawyer Mehmood Abdi asked the Bombay High Court yesterday to stay disciplinary proceedings against his client and appoint a "mutually acceptable and independent person or panel" to probe any wrongdoing by him.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which owns the IPL, suspended Modi in April following the raft of allegations against him, which also sparked a government investigation.

There was no immediate comment from the BCCI.