PNB fraud case: US bankruptcy court summons Nirav Modi, two aides

The US court had earlier not accepted PNB as creditor to the three companies

The US bankruptcy court has asked Nirav Modi and two of his aides — Mihir Bhansali and Rakhi Bhansali — to appear before it after Punjab National Bank (PNB) and the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) filed petitions to this effect. 

Mihir was head of the US arm of Firestar Diamond and Rakhi was a director in the firm. PNB and MCA had filed a petition to issue subpoena or witness summons in the court. This writ is issued by a court to compel testimony by the accused. 

For PNB and the MCA, this also means access to 13 million documents of