Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat has instructed the Citizenship Commission to revoke Lalit Modi's passport following Indian authorities' requests for an Interpol alert, which were rejected due to insufficient evidence.

Lalit Modi challenges Vanuatu government's decision to revoke his passport in court. Modi, currently in Vanuatu, has appealed the cancellation of his citizenship. India's high commission in London had refused his request to surrender his Indian passport.

In his order to the citizenship commission, Napat accused the fugitive businessman of using the South Pacific Island nation’s citizenship to evade extradition