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A battle lost: UK judge says Nirav Modi can be extradited
A battle lost: UK judge says Nirav Modi can be extradited
Agencies / Updated: Feb 26, 2021, 06:00 IST
Judge rules that the fugitive diamond merchant has case to answer in India
I n a comprehensive win for the Indian authorities, a UK judge ruled on Thursday that fugitive diamond merchant
Nirav Modi not only has a case to answer in the Indian courts but that there is no evidence to suggest he would not receive a fair trial in India.
Nirav Modi, wanted in India on charges of fraud and money laundering in the estimated Rs 14,500 crore ($2-billion) Punjab National Bank (
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“I am satisfied that there is evidence upon which Nirav Deepak Modi could be convicted in relation [to] the conspiracy to defraud the PNB. A prima facie case is established,” the judge noted.
He similarly concludes a prima facie case to have been established on all counts of charges brought by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) money laundering, intimidation of witnesses and disappearance of evidence.
“I am not required to exclude all Mr Modi’s various alternative theoretical possibilities and narratives; nor exclude his personal interpretation of the evidence, in order to find a prima facie case has been established,” the judge noted, referring to the extradition case of former Kingfisher Airlines boss Vijay Mallya as precedent.
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