India, March 7 -- Former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi, the subject of an Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigation into alleged money laundering, has applied to surrender his Indian passport after acquiring citizenship of Vanuatu, the external affairs ministry said on Friday.

Indian authorities are pursuing the case against Lalit Modi as "required under law", external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal told a media briefing.

Lalit Modi's application to the Indian high commission in London for surrendering his passport will be "examined in light of extant rules and procedures", Jaiswal said, without specifying when the request was made.

"We are also given to understand that he has acquired citizenship ...