British Government Approves Nirav Modi’s Extradition

British government approves Nirav Modi’s extradition, paving way for India to come: PNB Fraud Case.

UK Home Minister Preeti Patel has approved the extradition of diamond businessman Nirav Modi, who scammed the Punjab National Bank for Rs 13,000 crore in India.

This is being seen as a success of the efforts of the Government of India. On the plea of ​​the Indian investigating agency CBI, the British court ordered the extradition of Nirav, after which Patel has given permission to send him to India on behalf of the British government.

Nirav Modi (50), who was lodged in London’s Wandsworth Jail since March 2019, along with his maternal uncle Mehul Choksi, had scammed an Indian bank.

British Government Approves Nirav Modi’s Extradition: Of these, Nirav is caught while Mehul is absconding. District Judge of Westminster Court, London.

Samuel Goji considered Nirav a scam plotter and said that he should be produced before an Indian court. Justice Goji considered the evidence presented by the CBI against Nirav strong.

The British court ruled on 25 February, dismissing the pleas of the diamond trader’s lawyers regarding Indian jails, Nirav’s mental health, and the Indian judicial system.

According to a spokesman of the British government’s home ministry, on the basis of this order, the UK Home Minister Patel signed a letter of permission for the extradition of Nirav on 15 April.

But Nirav also had an appeal in the High Court against the permission of the Home Minister. have a chance. He can challenge it in the High Court within 14 days of the permission of the Home Minister.

The case was filed in 2018.

In India, the CBI had filed a case against the officials involved in the Nirav, Mehul, and Punjab National Bank scam on January 31, 2018, but as soon as the probe agency stepped in, Nirav and Mehul escaped from the country.

The scam took place over the issue of a fake letter of undertaking by the bank. On the basis of this, Nirav and Mehul used to get unaccounted cash from banks, which they did not pay back later.

Due to this, a scam of 13 thousand crores took place. The first charge sheet in the case was filed by the CBI in court on May 14, 2018. In this, 25 people were accused.