Godfrey Phillips India Limited announced that Charu Modi has been appointed to the board of Godfrey Phillips India amidst a shareholder battle over inheritance at the KK Modi group, according to a stock exchange disclosure. Charu is one of three offspring of the late KK Modi. Her siblings are former IPL boss Lalit Modi and Samir Modi.While sources said she has been based in Dubai over the past few years she will be taking on a more active role at the company.

She is seen to be close to her mother Bina Modi who is locked in a pitched battle with her two sons over the family?s inheritance.