A Special PMLA court in Mumbai said that fugitive Indian businessmen Nirav Modi, Vijay Mallya, and Mehul Choksi fled the country because the investigating agencies failed to arrest them at the proper time.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that India has strongly presented its case relating to the extradition of fugitive economic offenders that have fled the country, adding that the United Kingdom needs to take a responsible view of the matter as it will hamper its reputation and
The bail plea of fugitive businessman Nirav Modi, who is the main accused in the PNB scam case, has been rejected by a UK court and he continues to be in detention, ED sources said.
A high-level team of officers concerned from the Central Bureau of Investigation, Enforcement Directorate and National Investigation Agency would be heading soon for the UK to expedite extradition of India's most wanted fugitives.
CM Ashok Gehlot said, "BJP is nowhere in Rajasthan. It is Congress vs ED in Rajasthan. ED is after us, and summoned my son to Delhi. No case, no complaint, no FIR...Those making false complaints are from the BJP...ED and CBI are being used to topple governments; they (the BJP) are fighting v
The extradition issue of fugitive economic offenders Vijay Mallya and Nirav Modi has been brought up by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in every trade-related meeting between India and the United Kingdom, the sources said.
Referring to the extradition of fugitive economic offenders Vijay Mallya and Nirav Modi, UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly on Wednesday said that the British Judicial system is independent of the government and it is them to decide.
The Supreme Court on Thursday sent back the plea to the Bombay High Court to hear afresh the CBI plea challenging the decision to permit Mainak Mehta, who is diamantaire Nirav Modi's brother-in-law, to travel to his home in Hong Kong.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday suggested Mainak Mehta, who is diamantaire Nirav Modi's brother-in-law, to provide the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) a 'letter of authority' to access and probe his offshore bank accounts in connection with the PNB fraud case.
In a setback to fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, his plea to move the UK Supreme Court against his extradition to India on charges of fraud and money laundering was denied on Thursday.
On November 9, Nirav Modi lost his appeal against extradition to India with a United Kingdom court dismissing his plea. Earlier, the High Court of London (United Kingdom) dismissed the appeal of Nirav Modi, who is wanted in India to face money laundering and fraud cases.