PNB Scam Case: UK Court Says Nirav Modi Can Be Extradited To India
The Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London said that Nirav Modi conspired to destroy evidence and intimidate witnesses. File photo Outlook Web Bureau 2021-02-25T16:41:54+05:30 PNB Scam Case: UK Court Says Nirav Modi Can Be Extradited To India outlookindia.com 2021-02-25T17:36:42+05:30
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A court in the United Kingdom said that evidence found against wanted diamantaire Nirav Modi is sufficient to establish a prima face case against him and said that he has a “case to answer for in India”.
Nirav Modi lost his fight against being extradited to India as a UK judge ruled that he can be sent back to face charges of fraud and money laundering in the estimated USD 2-billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case.
Nirav Modi to be extradited to India, UK court satisfied there is evidence of fraud
After a long legal battle, the UK court accepted that the diamantaire had threatened witnesses and tampered with evidence.
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Nirav Modi, the diamond merchant wanted in India on charges of fraud and money laundering in the estimated USD 2-billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case, on Thursday lost his legal battle against extradition as a UK judge ruled that he does have a case to answer before the Indian courts.
The 49-year-old appeared via videolink from Wandsworth Prison in south-west London and showed no emotion as District Judge Samuel Goozee handed down his judgment at Westminster Magistrates Court in London.
The ruling will be sent to the UK s Secretary of State, Priti Patel, who is the authorised to order an extradition under the India-UK Extradition Treaty. She has two months within which to make that decision.
Nirav Modi, who is behind bars in a London prison on charges of fraud and money laundering in the estimated $2-billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case.
Modi is the subject of two sets of criminal proceedings, with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) case relating to a large-scale fraud upon PNB through the fraudulent obtaining of letters of undertaking (LoUs) or loan agreements, and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) case relating to the laundering of the proceeds of that fraud.
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Will PNB scam accused Nirav Modi be extradited to India? UK court verdict today
Wanted diamond merchant Nirav Modi, who remains behind bars in a London prison as he contests his extradition to India on charges of fraud and money laundering in the estimated USD 2-billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case, will find out the UK court s ruling in the nearly two-year-long legal battle on Thursday.
The 49-year-old is expected to appear via videolink from Wandsworth Prison in south-west London at Westminster Magistratesâ Court, where District Judge Samuel Goozee is set to hand down his judgment on whether the jeweller has a case to answer before the Indian courts.