UK High Court denies Nirav Modi right to appeal extradition order

Accused jewelry fraudster Nirav Modi asserts he has no price range to pay UK courtroom charges

Nirav Modi, Indian jewelry rich person accused of fraud, has claimed that he has no price range to pay his UK, court-ordered felony charges and is borrowing cash to pay over £150,000. Modi is trying to enchantment his ordered extradition to India to face trial for his alleged fraud on the Punjab Nationwide Financial institution. 

Billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi earlier than earlier than information of his alleged fraud surfaced

Modi said that his property have all been frozen in India as a part of the fraud investigation which means that he has no price range to pay for his UK courtroom charges, the Press Agree with of India reported. Modi’s case is now statute barred in the United Kingdom and Modi was once up to now granted his plea to pay £10,000 a month earlier than a assessment listening to.
 
Nirav Modi is recently being held by way of UK government at Wandsworth Jail the place he has been stored since his arrest in London in March, 2019. Modi’s felony group are interesting his extradition order at the grounds that he’s affected by deficient psychological well being and is susceptible to suicide if he returns to India to face trial. The group have additionally said that they imagine he’s going to be held in inhumane prerequisites in India they usually imagine that the federal government has political motivations for locating him responsible, one thing Indian government have vehemently denied. 

Modi is accused of defrauding banks together with the PNB out of round $2 billion along side his uncle and fellow jewelry rich person Mehul Choksi, who Indian government also are making an attempt to extradite to India to face trial. Alternatively, the place Modi’s extradition trial was once performed in the United Kingdom, Indian government are experiencing demanding situations putting in place an ordeal for Choksi, who is thought to be living in Antigua, which has no extradition treaty with India and is the place he has taken citizenship.

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