Lalit Modi row: Sushma Swaraj did not meet ex-IPL chief individually in London, say reports

According to NDTV, Sushma Swaraj did meet former IPL chief Lalit Modi in London in October last year, but the meeting was at a small, private dinner hosted by hotelier Joginder Sanger, the owner of the Kensington hotel where Swaraj was staying during an official trip for Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas.
 
"There was a small group of 15 people at this late night dinner organized by Sanger. Lalit was invited as a guest by Sanger. There was no other separate or individual meeting with Lalit Modi," sources in Sushma Swaraj's office told NDTV. 

This is the first detailed account of Sushma Swaraj's version of the controversy that erupted over her help to Lalit Modi, who is being investigated for corruption in the IPL. 

NDTV says that Sanger, the owner of the Bentley Hotel, was a family friend of Sushma Swaraj.
 
According to NDTV, there was also no meeting in London between Sushma Swaraj and Indian-origin MP Keith Vaz, whose leaked emails with Lalit Modi first triggered the political storm. In the email exchange between Mr Vaz and Lalit Modi, the MP is quoted as saying "We will need her (Sushma) again."

Vaz was also approached by Lalit Modi for help with securing admission for Sushma Swaraj's nephew in Sussex University. Sushma Swaraj met with Keith Vaz only twice and neither meeting took place London, reports NDTV.