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  Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi all coming back to face law of land: Sitharaman in Rajya Sabha

  India | March 18, 2021 21:46 IST

  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that fugitive businessmen Vijaya Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi are "coming back" to India" to face the law. The government is persuing extradition of Mallya and Modi from the UK while Choksi is believed to be in Antigua.

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  Mumbai's Arthur Road jail readies special cell for Nirav Modi

  India | February 26, 2021 12:14 IST

  The jail official said that once Nirav Modi is brought to Mumbai, he will be kept in one of the three cells of barrack number 12, which is a high security barrack.

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  Decks cleared for Nirav Modi's extradition by UK court. What's next

  India | February 25, 2021 21:58 IST

  In a major setback to fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, a UK court on Thursday ordered his extradition in connection with the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) loan fraud case, after almost a two-year-long legal battle.

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  From BJP's 'Lokkho Sonar Bangla' campaign launch to Nirav Modi's extradiction | Watch Top news stories

  News | February 25, 2021 17:30 IST

  A UK court on Thursday ordered the extradition of diamond merchant Nirav Modi to India to stand trial in the estimated USD 2-billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case. After a nearly two-year-long legal battle, the court ruled that a prima facie case has been established against Modi as it dismissed the diamantaire's "mental health concerns" stating "they are not unusual in a man in his circumstances".

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  What is Punjab National Bank scam and how Nirav Modi was involved – Explained

  India | February 25, 2021 16:56 IST

  PNB is India's second-biggest state-run lender. The scam stunned the financial sector of the country after a fraud worth Rs 11, 400 crore was unearthed at a single branch in Mumbai.

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  UK court orders Nirav Modi to be extradited to India to stand trial in PNB Scam

  News | February 25, 2021 16:45 IST

  A prima facie case has been established against wanted diamond merchant Nirav Modi in the estimated USD 2-billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case, a UK court ruled in a nearly two-year-long legal battle on Thursday.

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  'Mumbai's Arthur Jail fit for him': Nirav Modi to be extradited to India to stand trial in PNB Scam

  India | February 25, 2021 17:02 IST

  A UK court on Thursday ordered the extradition of diamond merchant Nirav Modi to India to stand trial in the estimated USD 2-billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case.

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  Will PNB scam accused Nirav Modi be extradited to India? UK court verdict today

  India | February 25, 2021 12:07 IST

  Nirav Modi was arrested on an extradition warrant on March 19, 2019, and has appeared via videolink from Wandsworth Prison for a series of court hearings in the extradition case.

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  Nirav Modi's sister, brother-in-law turn approver in PNB scam, property worth Rs 579 cr to be seized

  India | January 07, 2021 17:30 IST

  Fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi's sister and her husband have turned approver in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case.

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  PNB Scam: Nirav Modi's sister turns prosecution witness

  India | January 06, 2021 10:11 IST

  A special court in Mumbai has allowed Purvi Modi, sister of fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, to become an "approver" or a prosecution witness in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case.

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  Nirav Modi’s brother Nehal charged with committing $2.6 million fraud in New York

  Business | December 20, 2020 13:05 IST

  According to the indictment, court filings, and statements made on the record in court, between March 2015 and August 2015, Nehal, a former member of Noble Titan Holdings, made false representations to obtain over USD 2.6 million worth of diamonds from LLD Diamonds USA on favourable credit terms and consignment, and then liquidated the diamonds for his own ends.

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  Nirav Modi's bail application rejected for seventh time

  India | October 26, 2020 19:37 IST

  A London court on Monday rejected the bail application filed by fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, the seventh such rejection by courts of the United Kingdom, officials said.

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  PNB fraud case: Nirav Modi faces 'high risk of suicide', his legal team tells UK court

  World | September 10, 2020 22:16 IST

  A UK court hearing arguments in the extradition case of Nirav Modi on Thursday heard expert views on the fugitive diamond merchant’s personal family history of suicide and his deteriorating mental health in prison, which would only further deteriorate in solitary confinement.

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  Nirav Modi extradition trial to resume in UK court on Sept 7

  World | September 06, 2020 17:15 IST

  Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, who has been lodged at a prison in London since his arrest in March last year, is set to appear via videolink for the second leg of his extradition trial at a UK court on Monday.

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  Interpol issues global arrest warrant against Nirav Modi's wife in PNB fraud case

  India | August 25, 2020 15:06 IST

  An Interpol global arrest warrant has been issued against Ami Modi, wife of prime accused in the over USD 2 billion PNB bank fraud case Nirav Modi, on charges of money laundering, officials said on Tuesday. 

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  Nirav Modi remanded in custody till July 9 by UK court

  World | June 11, 2020 15:36 IST

  The 49-year-old jeweller, who has been lodged at Wandsworth Prison in south-west London since his arrest in March last year, appeared via videolink for the remand hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London.

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  ED brings Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi's jewellery worth Rs 1350 crore to India

  India | June 10, 2020 19:30 IST

  Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday brought back valuable jewellery belonging to fugitive diamantaires Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi. The haul is worth Rs 1350 crore and includes polished diamonds, pearls, jewellery made of silver and pearls.  

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  Nirav Modi's properties worth Rs 1,400 crore can be confiscated: Court

  India | June 08, 2020 22:07 IST

  ​In a significant order, a special court in Mumbai on Monday ordered the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to confiscate specified properties, worth Rs 1,400 crore, of fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi within a month, a lawyer said.

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  Nirav Modi extradition case in UK adjourned until September

  India | May 14, 2020 22:44 IST

  The UK court hearing the extradition case of fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, wanted in India on charges of fraud and money laundering amounting to an estimated USD 2 billion, on Thursday adjourned the trial to be resumed from September 7.

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  Nirav Modi told me he would get me killed, UK court hears from ‘dummy director’

  India | May 13, 2020 23:37 IST

  A video recorded by so-called “dummy directors” associated with companies linked to Nirav Modi was submitted by the CBI to the UK court, hearing the extradition case against the fugitive diamond merchant, as evidence of the "coercion and threats" he employed in the course of fraud and money laundering.