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CBI requests Interpol to issue red corner notices against Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi

CBI requests Interpol to issue red corner notices against Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi

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Nirav Modi, the billionaire jeweller at the heart of a more than $2 billion fraud case, has fled to the UK, where he is claiming political asylum

According to reports, the Central Bureau of Investigation has requested Interpol to issue red corner notices against Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi. At present, the CBI does not have any confirmation on the whereabouts of Nirav Modi, ANI reported.

As per reports, the CBI will take further action as soon as Nirav Modi's whereabouts are confirmed.

Nirav Modi, the billionaire jeweller at the heart of a more than $2 billion fraud case, has fled to the UK, where he is claiming political asylum.

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According to Reuters, Britain's Home Office said it does not provide information on individual cases.

Punjab National Bank, the country'a second-largest state-run bank, said earlier in 2018 that two jewellery groups headed by Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi had defrauded it of about $2.2 billion by raising credit from overseas branches of other Indian banks using illegal guarantees issued by rogue PNB staff at a Mumbai branch over several years.