The case that can prompt foreign courts to extradite Nirav Modi

3 companies of Nirav that were hauled in for mis-declaration of exports of diamonds from their units at Surat SEZ could prove to be the lynchpin to the successful prosecution of the Rs 127 bn fraud

Among the plethora of charges stacked up against fugitive businessman Nirav Modi, there is one that could stick with the foreign courts to compel his extradition. A top officer of an investigative agency said the case dates back to 2014, where the diamond merchant had pleaded guilty, though indirectly.
 

The problem with the main charges against Nirav in all the other cases of buyers credit is that they can be demonstrated as crimes only if it can be proved that he would have not met his obligations. It is a charge his lawyers are expected to contest vigorously.

The exception is