A PMlA court here summoned diamond jeweller Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi to appear before it on September 25 and 26 respectively on the Enforcement Directorate's plea seeking action against them under the new fugitive economic offenders law in the alleged USD 2 billion PNB bank fraud case, officials said on Thursday.
The agency had recently moved the court seeking to declare the diamond traders as 'fugitive economic offenders' and to confiscate their assets worth Rs 3,500 crore in the case.
The court has sought their appearance on September 25 (Nirav Modi) and 26 (Mehul Choksi) respectively under the fugitive economic offender law, they said. The ED had filed two separate applications against the duo before the special court that hears matters under the Prevention of Money laundering Act (PMlA).
Parliament yesterday only passed the fugitive bill by a voice vote in the Rajya Sabha. The lok Sabha had cleared this Bill on July 19.