The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a Blue Notice - an international alert to law enforcement agencies to obtain information about a person's identity and activities - against former IPL chairman Lalit Modi in its probe into the finances of the T20 cricket tournament.

The Blue Notice alert, which will be executed by the Interpol, has been issued by the ED to gather further information about Modi's whereabouts and his activities which is not known to the agency as he is in a foreign land, sources said.