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London, February 25
Nirav Modi’s story up until the UK court verdict on Thursday, just two days before his 50th birthday, is one of stark contrasts. From someone flush with diamonds, quite literally, as a member of a Gujarati family of gem traders who grew up in the European jewellery hub of Antwerp in Belgium, to ending up holed up in a jail cell in one Europe’s most overcrowded prisons.
The diamond merchant wanted in India on charges of fraud and money laundering in the estimated $ 2-billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case, lost his legal battle against extradition as a UK judge ruled that he does have a case to answer before the Indian courts.
From flashy diamantaire to fugitive: Nirav Modi s long road to extradition
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