UK govt clears Nirav Modi s extradition to India
UK home secretary Priti Patel gave the nod for Nirav Modi s extradition in connection with the PNB fraud case
BusinessToday.In | April 16, 2021 | Updated 18:51 IST
The United Kingdom government has cleared Nirav Modi s extradition to India. UK home secretary Priti Patel gave the nod for the extradition in connection with the diamond merchant s involvement in the Rs 14,000-crore Punjab National Bank fraud. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) are probing the diamantaire for money laundering in the PNB scam case.
This decision comes after a UK court on February 25 said that there is prima facie evidence against the diamond merchant. The court stated that there was no evidence that Modi would not get justice if he was extradited, hence paving way for his eventual extradition.
UK govt clears Nirav Modi s extradition to India
UK home secretary Priti Patel gave the nod for Nirav Modi s extradition in connection with the PNB fraud case
BusinessToday.In | April 16, 2021 | Updated 18:52 IST
The United Kingdom government has cleared Nirav Modi s extradition to India. UK home secretary Priti Patel gave the nod for the extradition in connection with the diamond merchant s involvement in the Rs 14,000-crore Punjab National Bank fraud. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) are probing the diamantaire for money laundering in the PNB scam case.
This decision comes after a UK court on February 25 said that there is prima facie evidence against the diamond merchant. The court stated that there was no evidence that Modi would not get justice if he was extradited, hence paving way for his eventual extradition.
PNB Scam: UK Home Secretary Clears Nirav Modi s Extradition
Modi had allegedly perpetrated the Rs 13,000-crore fraud in the Punjab National Bank in collusion with his uncle Mehul Choksi.
Nirav Modi. Photo: Nirav Modi Jewels/Facebook
New Delhi: The United Kingdom’s home department has cleared the extradition of fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, who is wanted in an over Rs 13,000-crore bank fraud case, officials said on Friday.
He had allegedly perpetrated the fraud in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) in collusion with his uncle Mehul Choksi.
UK’s home secretary Priti Patel on April 16 has approved the extradition of Nirav Modi, news agency ANI reported, citing a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official.
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Nirav Modi still has the option of legally challenging his extradition to India (File)
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Nirav Modi has option of legally challenging extradition with 28 days
Nirav Modi is wanted in India for fraud and money laundering
New Delhi:
Scam-accused billionaire Nirav Modi s extradition to India has been cleared by the British government. UK Home Secretary Priti Patel signed the extradition order on Thursday.
UPDATED: March 2, 2021 17:32 IST
Jayanti Dharma Teja s profile is remarkably similar to that of the present Vijay Mallya, another absconder from the judicial process in India (File Photo)
The likely extradition of diamond merchant Nirav Modi has brought back memories of another fugitive, Jayanti Dharma Teja, the lawbreaker charged with evading taxes worth crores and forcing the Indira Gandhi regime to pursue him in three jurisdictions United States, Costa Rica and United Kingdom before he was successfully brought to India in 1971.
In “Escaped: True Stories of Indian Fugitives in London”, London-based journalists Danish and Ruhi Khan have given a compelling account of Teja and India’s chase for him across three continents.