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Top functionaries of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) met executives International Management Group (IMG), the marketing company of Indian Premier League (IPL) here on Monday. They sought details of the financial dealings during the tenure of now suspended IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi. BCCI President Shashank Manohar, Secretary N Srinivisan, Media and Finance Committee Chairman Rajiv Shukla, interim IPL Chairman Chirayu Amin and Vice-Chairman Niranjan Shah attended the meeting that lasted for about two hours. "We had a friendly and constructive meeting with the BCCI officials," Wildblood told reporters after the meet. He hoped to be associated with the IPL next season as well. IMG that has successfully conducted the first three seasons of India's cash-rich league, deputed senior vice-president Andrew Wildblood and two other representatives, Paul Manning and John Loffhagen, to meet the BCCI officials. IMG reportedly hit headlines following rumours that it was involved in the planning of a 'rebel' Twenty20 league in England in conjunction with Modi. However, it denied the charges by contending it had always respected the authority and sovereignty of official sports federations. Modi was sent a show cause notice on this count by the BCCI. The notice charges Modi of financial irregularity, but he has maintained that all decisions were taken collectively by the IPL Governing Council. Modi is also facing the charges of receiving kickbacks for allotting TV broadcast rights and manipulating bids. Sources in the Union Home Ministry on Monday feared that the casualties of the IED blast in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada is likely to go high as the rescue and relief operations have been hampered due to bad light. Security forces have launched a major rescue operation. On Monday evening in one of the worst attack on civilians the Maoists blew up a private bus killing over 30 people. The bus was on its way from Dantewada to Sukma when the incident took place near Chingawaram, over nine kilometers from Sukma. The bus-CG17 SS 9295 was carrying 20 special police officers (SPO) and over 30 civilians.The SPOs were on their way to participate in a special recruitment drive. The latest blast incident has taken place a day after the Maoists called for a 48 hour shutdown in five states-Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh. The sources said the attack might have been a pre -planned one. Reportedly, the Maoists also fired on the bus after the blast to ensure that nobody stays alive.

BCCI holds meet with IPL's marketing firm in Mumbai