CBI case against Nirav Modi, who came from nowhere and rose in Mumbai

Modi came back to India and cut his teeth in the diamond business under the tutelage of his jeweller uncle, who was running Gitanjali Gems

For a billionaire who emerged from nowhere and planted his flag on the Mumbai landscape, the question on everyone's lips was who is Nirav Modi? It was a valid one, given the sudden emergence of his luxury diamond brand and the multiple bilboards around prominent neighbourhoods, such as South Mumbai and Bandra, featuring model Lisa Haydon started popping up in 2015. In his own words, the story Modi portrayed to the public then was that he was born to Indian parents.

His father, also a diamond jeweller, had migrated to Belgium to set up a trading business there, and Nirav