Nirav Modi travelled on revoked Indian passport as recently as June 12

Celebrity jeweller Nirav Modi, who is wanted for Rs. 13,000-crore bank fraud in India is believed to have travelled on his Indian passport as recently as June 12, reports said.

As per reports, Modi took a Eurostar high-speed train from London to Brussels. Indian officials have verified this from European immigration authorities who captured Modi's passport details on his trip to Brussels.

On February 24, the MEA revoked the passports of Nirav and his maternal uncle Mehul Choksi, promoter of Gitanjali Group, after they failed to respond to a February 16 notice issued by the Ministry, asking them to show-cause why their passports should not be impounded or revoked.

CBIrequested the Interpol to issue a Red Corner Notice(RCN) against Nirav Modi's brother Nishal Modi and his company executive Suresh Shankar. They had approached Interpol to get a 'diffusion notice' against Modi which would have required member countries to inform the agency through Interpol of Modi's presence in their jurisdiction.

Reports further inform that Nirav Modi fled India on January 1, and was then seen in a group photograph with Narendra Modi during World Economic Forum from January 23 to 26.

Officials of the Enforcement Directorate, which is conducting the investigation against the diamantaire and his associates, had initially said he had travelled to UK on a passport issued by Singapore.

Modi travelled between the United States, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong on his Indian passport between 15 March and 31 March, reports say.

Also, a senior Indian official told PTI that India has been informed by the UK's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) that it can initiate extradition proceedings against Nirav Modi. The Enforcement Directorate(ED) had earlier filed a chargesheet against Nirav Modi and his associates at a special court in Mumbai. The charge sheet has been filed under various sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).