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.
File photo of Nirav Modi.
The findings of the court were sent to the U.K. Home Department as per which it cleared the extradition.
“The Secretary of State for the U.K.’s Home Department, Priti Patel, has cleared Mr. Nirav Modi’s extradition,” said a CBI official on Friday. The accused now has the legal recourse of approaching the U.K. High Court within 14 days to seek permission for moving an appeal against the Secretary of State’s decision in the High Court.
“Unless there is an appeal, a requested person must be extradited within 28 days of the Secretary of State’s decision to order extradition (subject to any appeal),” according to the U.K. government’s website.
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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.
UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has signed off on the order to extradite Nirav Modi, wanted in India on fraud and money laundering charges related to the estimated USD 2-billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case, senior Indian diplomatic sources in the UK said on Friday. Modi, 50, who remains behind bars at Wandsworth Prison in south-west London, has 14 days to apply for permission to appeal against the Home Secretary s order in the High Court in London. Back on February 25, the Westminster Magistrates Court had concluded that the diamond merchant has a case to answer before the Indian courts, leaving the sign off on the order with the Cabinet minister.