‘Mumbai’s Arthur Jail match for him’: Nirav Modi to be extradited to India to face trial in PNB Scam
Image Source : PTI ‘Mumbai’s Arthur Jail match for him’: Nirav Modi to be extradited to India to face trial in PNB Scam
A UK court docket on Thursday ordered the extradition of diamond service provider Nirav Modi to India to face trial within the estimated USD 2-billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) rip-off case. After an almost two-year-long authorized battle, the court docket dominated {that a} prima facie case has been established towards Modi because it dismissed the diamantaire’s “mental health concerns” stating “they are not unusual in a man in his circumstances”.
In the ruling, the choose mentioned that Nirav Modi had conspired to destroy proof and intimidate witnesses. “Barrack 12 at Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai is fit for Nirav Modi,” the choose additional mentioned, including that the fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi has a case to reply for in India.
“Nirav Modi will be given adequate medical treatment and mental health care at Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai. There is no risk of suicide for Nirav Modi if he is sent to India as he will have access to adequate medical care at Arthur Road jail,” the choose famous.
The court docket mentioned that Nirav Modi won’t be denied justice if he’s extradited to India. It additionally dismissed Nirav Modi’s defence claims that Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad tried to affect the case towards the billionaire.
WHAT IS THE CASE
Nirav Modi was arrested on an extradition warrant on March 19, 2019, and has appeared through videolink from Wandsworth Prison for a collection of court docket hearings within the extradition case. His a number of makes an attempt at in search of bail have been repeatedly turned down, each on the Magistrates’ and High Court stage, as he was deemed a flight threat.
He is the topic of two units of felony proceedings, with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) case regarding a large-scale fraud upon PNB by way of the fraudulent acquiring of letters of endeavor (LoUs) or mortgage agreements, and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) case regarding the laundering of the proceeds of that fraud.
He additionally faces two extra expenses of “causing the disappearance of evidence” and intimidating witnesses or “felony intimidation to trigger demise”, which had been added on to the CBI case.
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