MUMBAI, India (AP) -- With Lalit Modi suspended amid allegations of corruption dating back to the inaugural season in 2008, the Indian Premier League's governing council on Monday elected another national cricket board vice president as its interim chairman.

Shashank Manohar, president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, which sanctions the IPL, said Chirayu Amin would manage the league while charges against IPL chairman Modi were investigated.

Manohar said Modi was being investigated over the initial bids for Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab in the original 2008 auctions, a broadcast deal, bid rigging of two new clubs last month and his own behavior.

In the meantime, Modi is barred from participating in the operation of the IPL, the cricket board or any of its committees in the meantime.

"It's the BCCI's duty to look into the allegations, and to have an inquiry it's important to suspend the person concerned," Manohar said. "It is not a punishment. The person has to be kept out of the board's functioning to make sure a free and fair inquiry.

"IPL is a great property and loved by everyone, but ethics and transparency are most," important.

Manohar announced Modi's suspension following the IPL final late Sunday, after days of mounting controversy following raids by tax officials on the offices of the lucrative Twenty20 league and the BCCI.

Manohar said Modi's "alleged acts of individual misdemeanors" had "brought a bad name to the administration of cricket and the game itself."

He said the BCCI was concerned about missing documents in the IPL finances "as the income tax officials have been asking for them."

Modi, who is a vice president of the BCCI, on Monday said his running of the IPL was completely transparent and denied any corruption.

Indian lawmakers have demanded a parliamentary inquiry into claims that IPL clubs had been sold for millions of dollars without accounting for the source of the funds.

"A lot of allegations and counter-allegations have been made through the media during the past 15 days. We have looked into the allegations that have been leveled," Manohar told reporters.

Manohar said Modi would be been given 15 days to show why "disciplinary action should not be taken against him." An investigation by the BCCI's chief administrator into the IPL records had already shown "a lot of documents missing," Manohar said.

Manohar reportedly rejected requests for him to take over as the IPL chairman. The IPL's governing council scheduled another meeting in a month.

Amin, a businessman who heads the Baroda Cricket Association, said he would focus on bringing transparency to IPL affairs.

"The immediate task is to clean up the IPL. The event has just concluded and we'll now start planning for the next year," Amin said.

Most credit for the rapid evolution of the lucrative IPL Twenty20 competition has been credited to Modi, who also heads the BCCI's fixtures committee that decides the venues and itinerary of international matches in India.

Modi's suspension put an end to debate over his role in Monday's governing council meeting.

Initially, he'd attempted to have the meeting deferred to May 1, saying that he alone was empowered to call for such a meeting.

But Modi changed course Sunday to say he wanted to chair the meeting and discuss all allegations against him. He demanded that the charges against him be made in writing and with proof, which media reports said forced Manohar's hand.

"The BCCI is scared of the truth. Nothing wrong has been done," New Delhi Television quoted Modi as saying Monday. "Every decision was endorsed by the governing council."

Modi, a wealthy businessman who has been involved in top level cricket administration since 2004, had earlier said he'd take the blame if irregularities had occurred.

"If there is any flouting of rules and any irregularities, I shall take full responsibility," Press Trust of India quoted him as saying. "I assure millions of passionate fans of the league and the game across the globe that the IPL is clean and transparent.

"We should not allow this brand to be diluted and we will not."

Federal Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said income tax authorities were investigating the sources and channels of funding of the IPL team owners, who range from wealthy industrialists to Bollywood actors.

Dozens of international cricket stars are contracted to the league, which is set to expanded from eight to 10 clubs in 2011.

The IPL became embroiled in controversy after Modi revealed details on his Twitter account about the ownership of one of the two new clubs, questioning why a 25 percent stake was given to a group that included a friend of India's junior foreign minister, Shashi Tharoor.

Tharoor, a former United Nations diplomat, resigned amid allegations of corruption in the bidding for a team at auction last month, when a group made a successful bid of more than $330 million for the Kochi franchise.

It was alleged that the shares were really for Tharoor.

Tharoor said he did help put together the Kochi investment group, but only because he wanted to bring a team to the state of Kerala, part of which he represents in Parliament.

In conjunction with the ICC, West Indies cricketer Ramnaresh Sarwan was today unveiled as a new Think Wise Champion as part of a global cricket partnership to raise awareness of HIV.

He joins the likes of Graeme Smith, Kumar Sangakkara and Virender Sehwag, as well as West Indies colleague Stafanie Taylor, in becoming a Champion for the ICC's partnership with UNAIDS, UNICEF and the Global Media AIDS Initiative.

For the ICC World Twenty20 2010, which takes place from 30 April-16 May, the global partners are also working with the Caribbean Broadcast Media Partnership on HIV/AIDS as part of the 'Live UP' campaign. This initiative encourages young people in the region to take positive action in the face of AIDS; to get the facts, get tested and protect themselves against HIV.

Sarwan (29) is one of the leading batsmen in the West Indies team, having made 83 Test and 154 ODI appearances to date. In that time, he has scored 15 Test centuries and four ODI hundreds to date.

"The issue of HIV is an important one for young people in the Caribbean and hopefully I can use my profile as an international cricketer to have a positive impact on people's behavior within the region," said Sarwan.

"It is important young people are aware of resources that exist for them, such as the Live UP website, www.iliveup.com where they can find out about HIV, learn the importance of protection, and understand how to talk about these issues to their partner and friends.

"By using this event to raise awareness of HIV and remind cricket supporters not to discriminate against people with the disease, hopefully we can play our role in educating young people."

A series of awareness activities will take place during the course of the ICC World Twenty20 2010 including community interactions between leading players and local community groups in Barbados, Guyana, St Kitts and St Lucia. Players will wear red ribbons as a show of support for people living with HIV in the semi-finals and final and public service announcements will be played on the big screen at matches.

This public service announcement, which features leading Caribbean celebrities and Stafanie Taylor is part of the Caribbean Broadcast Media Partnership's 'Live UP' campaign that is being aired by 95 top broadcast media houses across 24 countries in the Caribbean.

Top Caribbean musical artists Alison Hinds, Bunji Garlin, Claudette Peters, Fay Ann Lyons and Mr Vegas, as well as Kim Collins, the St Kitts sprinter who won 100m gold at 2003 World Athletics Championships in Paris, are among those who deliver messaging on HIV and AIDS in a 30-second advert which has been shown across the Caribbean since last month.

For more information on Think Wise please go to www.thinkwisecricket.com and for more information on Live UP please go to www.iliveup.com.

To watch the public service announcement go to http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/media_interactive_zone/broadcast_video.php?mediaId=1180.