Nirav Modi faces a substantial risk of suicide amid an overwhelming impact of COVID-19 at Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai, the High Court in London was told during an extradition appeal
India on Friday said that it is closely monitoring legal proceedings against fugitive businessmen Mehul Choksi, and Nirav Modi.
With the cooperation of Purvi Modi, it said, the ED has been able to recover about Rs 17.25 crore (USD 2316889.03) from the proceeds of crime, it said
The diamantaire's implication in his nephew's defrauding of PNB is well documented. Less well known is the sharp practices he employed in his Indian businesses long before this global scandal erupted
The fugitive diamantaire has 5 days to appeal for oral hearing
ED attached/ seized assets worth Rs 18,170 cr from Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi under PMLA
Choksi was running a "circular trade" with companies propped up by him as pearl suppliers in Hong Kong, through which he had managed to siphon off over Rs 6,345 crore borrowed from PNB, CBI alleged
Two officials of the Punjab National Bank (PNB) -- Sagar Sawant and Sanjay Prasad -- and a director of the Gili and the Nakshtra brands under the group, Dhanesh Seth, have also been named as accused
Efforts by India to get back Mr Choksi will depend to a large extent on the response to the request for his repatriation from Dominica
Dominica Prime Minister Rooseveltt Skerrit said the rights of "Indian citizen" Mehul Choksi will be respected and courts will decide on the future course of action.
Bank fraud, Bollywood ambassadors and an offshore soap opera - the many acts of a fugitive diamantaire
Mehul Choksi was kidnapped, didn't go to Dominica of his own free will, said fugitive diamantaire's lawyer Vijay Aggarwal
The Indian government is reported to have applied for his extradition to India in a Dominican court, which is scheduled to hear the case on Wednesday
India sent a private jet to Dominica carrying documents related to the deportation of fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne told a radio show
Efforts have been scaled up to bring back fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi. Multiple agencies are in touch with the government of Dominica on the issue
Days after he was found and later arrested in Dominica, the first pictures of India-born fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi surfaced on Saturday showing him sustaining several injuries.
Choksi, 62, and his nephew Nirav Modi are accused of siphoning off Rs 13,500 crore from state-run Punjab National Bank using fraudulent letters of undertaking
Fugitive Indian businessman Mehul Choksi was arrested in Dominica on Thursday
Lawyers of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, who was detained in Dominica, have filed a habeas corpus petition in a court of the Carribean island country
Choksi had recently fled from Antigua and Barbuda; he was captured after an Interpol Yellow Notice.