Biggest Indian Banking Fraud: The arrest of Nirav Modi by London police in 2019 for his suspected participation in massive financial irregularities connected to the Punjab National Bank (PNB), which involved thousands of crores, marked the beginning of Modis collapse.
Nirav Modi, who was declared a 'fugitive economic offender' in December 2019, and his uncle Mehul Choksi are accused of committing a Rs 14,000 crore scam by obtaining credit facilities fraudulently from the PNB.
Choksi and his nephew Nirav Modi had fled India in the first week of January, 2018, weeks before the scam in the PNB rocked the Indian banking industry.
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If lodged in the barrack, Nirav Modi likely to get three square meters of personal space, where a cotton mat, pillow, bedsheet and blanket will be provided.
With a UK court ruling in favour of extradition of fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, wanted in India on charges of fraud and money laundering in Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case, Mumbai s Arthur Road jail has kept a special cell ready to lodge him, an official said on Friday.
The jail official said that once Nirav Modi is brought to Mumbai, he will be kept in one of the three cells of barrack number 12, which is a high-security barrack.