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Interpol issued a red corner notice against the fugitive jeweler Nirav Modi as a result of a request from the CBI for this purpose as part of a fraud of Rs 13,500 crores on the National Bank of Punjab (PNB), announced Monday officials. The officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said that Interpol would also issue an MRC against the Nirav Modi Mehul Choksi uncle of the Gitanjali Group.
"Interpol has accepted our request to issue NCR against Nirav Modi, his brother Nishal Modi and an officer of his company Subhash Parab," said a CBI official at IANS.
The official said that Interpol had slapped accusations of money laundering against the diamond fugitive, as stated by the Enforcement Branch (ED).
The MRC against Nirav Modi contains his photograph, personal details such as the date of birth and the charges against him
. The personal information of Nirav Modi's brother, Nishal, and the executive of his company, Parab, were not visible on the Interpol website.
A CBI source said the personal data and photos of both would soon be updated.
He said that Interpol would also issue the MRC against Choksi in the next three to four days.
According to officials of the agency, with the MRC issued against the three, now they can be arrested by any of the 192 member countries the ED and IBC had written to Interpol in June to deliver the MRC against the jeweler.
On June 11, the IWC first asked Interpol to issue the NCR. On June 13th, he again approached to deliver an MRC against Nishal Modi, a Belgian national, and Parab.
Earlier, the CBI attempted to track Nirav's movements through a broadcast notice issued to six countries: United States, Singapore, Belgium, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and France – via Interpol on February 15, but only the UK responded with details on its movements to and from London Heathrow airport until March 31.
Traveling across several countries – United States, Hong Kong, France and United Kingdom – even after the Indian government informed Interpol that its pbadport had been revoked
The CBI sent the request Interpol after filing the first charge Nirav Modi, Nishal and Parab, along with 18 others in a special court in Mumbai on May 14.
The CBI filed three FIRs between January and March to investigate PNB fraud. Most of the accused are common to these cases. The fraud was committed in 2011-2017 through the illegal issuance of Letters of Undertaking and Foreign Letters of Credit (FLC).
In its first indictment, the CBI alleged that Nirav Modi, through its companies, siphoned off funds. up to Rs 6,498.20 crore using fraudulent LoUs issued by PNB's Brady House branch in Mumbai. His uncle Mehul Choksi allegedly defrauded Rs 7,080.86 crore
Nirav Modi left the country with his family the first week of January, a few weeks before the scam was reported to the IWC.
His wife Ami, an American citizen, left on January 6th and Choksi on January 4th.
– IANS
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