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Dec 15, 2022
Fugitive Indian diamond mogul Nirav Modi on Thursday misplaced a bid to take his battle in opposition to extradition to India on fees of fraud and cash laundering to the United Kingdom’s Excellent Courtroom.
The jeweller, who fled India in 2018 prior to main points of his alleged involvement in large-scale fraud on the Punjab Nationwide Financial institution become public, has argued there’s a top chance of suicide if he’s extradited.
Modi, 51, has denied any wrongdoing and his attorney declined to remark.
London’s Prime Courtroom on Thursday refused Modi’s software to certify a “level of regulation of common public significance” and rejected his software for permission to attraction to the Excellent Courtroom.
Pass judgement on Jeremy Stuart-Smith remaining month dominated that Modi may well be saved protected at Arthur Highway prison in Mumbai, the place he’s because of be detained.
The pass judgement on mentioned that the danger of suicide if Modi is extradited is also top, however that the preparations on the jail “will permit the government to manage correctly with Mr Modi’s situation”.
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