UK seeks information from India on Christian Michel extradition
India | December 06, 2018 8:36 ISTThe businessman, a British national, was arrested in the UAE and extradited to India on Tuesday night.
The businessman, a British national, was arrested in the UAE and extradited to India on Tuesday night.
Lashing out at the Congress, PM Modi said; "We brought back the raazdaar (secret holder) of the 'naamdaar' (Congress) party."
The MEA was asked to provide copy of letter or request made to Malaysia seeking extradition of Naik and also the copy of any communication response from that government.
Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi are being investigated by the ED and the CBI after it was detected that they allegedly cheated PNB of more than Rs 13,400 crore with the purported involvement of a few of its employees.
Modi and his uncle, Mehul Choksi, are the main accused in the PNB scam and they both left India before the details of the fraud came to light on January 16
The government has sent a request to the UK for extraditing fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, who is wanted in the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case
Zakir, who is the founder of the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), left India in 2016 for Malaysia, where he was granted permanent residency.
Belgian Ambassador to India Jan Luykx said there is an existing extradition treaty between the two countries.
The legal claim relates to a leasing agreement between Kingfisher Airlines and aircraft leasing company BOC Aviation involving four planes, of which three were delivered.
The CBI and the ED were today the focus of severe attacks from liquor baron Vijay Mallya's defence team which accused the agencies of getting influenced by political pressure.
The extradition hearing of beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya at the Westminster Magistrate’s Court in central London entered the second day on Tuesday.
The CPS admitted that there may have been "irregularities" in the internal processes of the banks sanctioning some of those loans but that would be a question to be dealt with at a later stage in India.
Beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya on Monday reiterated that the charges levelled against him were “false, fabricated and baseless”.
India's case to bring back the 61-year old businessman will be represented through the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) of the British government.
In a statement before a UK court, Vijay Mallya said that he has been a political victim like Robert Vadra and Virbhadra Singh.
Vijay Mallya, the beleaguered businessman wanted in India on account of loan defaults to several banks, appeared in London's Westminster Court for the pre-trial hearing of the extradition case on Monday.
India will soon convey to a British court that fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya will not face any threat to his life in jail, if extradited in connection with a Rs 9,000 crore loan default, officials said.
Zahid added that despite India revoking Zakir's passport, Malaysia would not revoke his permanent residency status here, as he had not violated any local laws.
A UK court on Thursday fixed December 4 as the final hearing date in Vijay Mallya extradition case.
The Home Ministry today said there was no delay in providing to the British authorities the evidence against liquor baron Vijay Mallya and the CBI had sent all documents to the External Affairs Ministry last week
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