London court docket to listen to Nirav Modi plea on extradition trial

A London court docket will hear fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi’s petition, on November 23, to reopen his extradition trial on the grounds that he might face interrogation by Indian companies if repatriated, a declare officers are anticipated to counter with assurances that he is not going to be questioned.

Modi, who has exhausted all appeals as much as the Supreme Court, approached the Westminster Court searching for to reopen the trial. His plea is known to be on the grounds that if extradited to India, he can be subjected to interrogation by varied companies, which can end in torture, sources mentioned.

Investigators in India are anticipated to repeat their earlier assurance that Modi will solely face trial beneath Indian legislation and won’t be subjected to interrogation.

“We have already filed cost sheets, and his questioning isn’t required. Our investigation is sort of full. He is required solely to face trial,” an official mentioned, including that companies might reaffirm to the U.Okay. court docket that Modi is not going to be questioned if extradited.

The investigative our bodies probing him for siphoning off over ₹6,498 crore by means of tons of of fraudulent Letters of Undertaking from Punjab National Bank are in settlement that additional questioning is pointless.

India has additionally informed the U.Okay. that Modi can be lodged in barrack 12 of Mumbai’s Arthur Road Jail, which it says is secure, not overcrowded, and outfitted with a medical facility. Officials have assured that he would face trial beneath Indian legislation and no contemporary expenses might be added.

The 54-year-old was arrested in London on March 19, 2019, on an extradition warrant. In April 2021, then U.Okay. Home Secretary Priti Patel accredited his extradition. He has been in jail for practically six years.

Modi has repeatedly utilized for bail, however U.Okay. courts have rejected the pleas, citing him as a “actual and substantial flight danger.”

He faces three units of legal proceedings in India: a CBI case of fraud involving PNB, an Enforcement Directorate case on alleged laundering of the proceeds, and one other case on tampering with proof and witnesses.