IPL security agency moves on threat
Nicholls & Steyn, the IPL's South African security agency, have said that they have taken necessary precautions to protect Lalit Modi after reports surfaced in the Indian media of an alleged threat to the IPL chairman's life from the Indian underworld, during the month-long tournament starting on Saturday.
According to the media reports, an aide of Dawood Ibrahim, a wanted Indian criminal, has targetted Modi for a variety of reasons, including Modi's refusal to pay an unspecified extortion amount, shutting the door on Pakistan players in the tournament and shifting the IPL to South Africa, a move that could reportedly cost the gang, commonly referred to as D-Company, millions of dollars in re-organising their betting operations.
Bob Nicholls, who jointly heads Nicholls & Steyn, said the agency has moved to tackle the threat to Modi. "We are aware of it and we have taken the necessary precautions. I'm not going into any details on that," Nicholls told
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