A joint team of CBI and ED will soon leave for London to assist local authorities in the extradition case of fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, wanted in the Rs 14,000 crore PNB credit fraud case.
Modi’s bail plea will come for hearing before a court in London on Friday. He is currently undergoing judicial custody.
A Joint Director-level officer each from CBI and ED has been deputed to leave for London Modi’s hearing on bail in London.
The ED officer will carry the latest chargesheet filed by the agency against Modi’s wife Ami and the recent attachments made by it in the case to buttress its extradition plea.
The team will also meet various officers there, including those from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), and brief them about the charges and fresh evidence against Modi, his family and others in connection with the case.
He was spotted living in an upscale locality in London by the UK-based newspaper The Telegraph.
Nirav Modi was later arrested on the basis of the extradition request of India and an Interpol Red Corner Notice issued against him on the request of the CBI last year.
Modi was produced before the Westminster Magistrates’ Court last week, wherein he contested his extradition to India.
The district court in London denied bail to Modi and remanded him in custody till March 29, saying there were substantial grounds to believe that he would fail to surrender if granted bail.
UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid had certified India’s extradition request for the fugitive diamantaire earlier this month. This led to the issuance of a warrant against him.
He is suspected to have arrived in London last year and was able to travel in and out of Britain at least four times since his passport was cancelled by the Indian authorities in February 2018.