Nirav Modi in UK, CBI sends Extradition request

Last updated Aug 21, 2018

NP NEWS NETWORK
NEW DELHI

Nirav Modi, the second most famous Modi in the country, but for all the wrong reasons is in the UK. He is a suspect in PNB fraud of approximately Rs. 13,400 crore. Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi are being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the CBI.

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The UK authorities confirmed Nirav Modi’s presence on Sunday through a mail responding to a diffusion notice by the CBI to the Interpol, an official told.

The CBI has sent the request through proper channels. It has been submitted to the Home Ministry which will send it to the UK through the External Affairs Ministry, they said. The CBI has also requested the UK authorities to detain him.

Modi and Choksi left India in January, weeks before the massive bank scam erupted.

India had canceled the passports of both Mehul Choksi and Nirav Modi in February. But that hasn’t stopped Nirav Modi from traveling to various countries.

Mehul Choksi has paid for Antiguan citizenship and has refused to return to India saying he would be killed by mobs if he were brought back. Antigua has said that it granted citizenship to the diamond merchant after receiving an all-clear from the police and authorities in India.

How is Pune connected with Nirav Modi case?

In February, 21 properties, including a penthouse, farmhouse, flats and land of Nirav Modi and his group worth Rs 523 crore in fresh action against him in the alleged Rs 11,400 crore fraud in Punjab National Bank (PNB) was sealed. His action was taken under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The attached properties also included two flats in Hadapsar. A 53-acre solar power plant in the Karjat area of Ahmednagar district, worth Rs 70 crore, has also been brought under the same action. This was the first major action to seize immovable assets.