A bench of justices is likely to pass an order on Thursday directing the inquiry
India's foreign affairs ministry told parliament it had sent an extradition request for Modi to Britain but did not specify how it knew Modi was there
In June, an RTI query with multiple questions was submitted to the ministry to unravel the mystery of Nirav's international travel itinerary despite him being a fugitive
The ED had filed two separate applications against the duo before the special court that hears matters under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act
Nirav Modi is wanted by the CBI in the $2 billion Punjab National Bank scam
The Enforcement Directorate, in its charge sheet, mentioned that absconding jeweler Nirav Modi created dummy companies in India as well as abroad for money laundering activities, in its chargesheet filed on March 24.?In a charge sheet filed on March 24 this year, the ED said, "Nirav Modi created dummy companies abroad, and few in India too, namely Bentley Properties Pvt. Ltd., Mac Business Enterprises Pvt. Ltd., Firestone Trading Pvt. Ltd. etc with the purpose of acquiring properties & laundering ill-gotten money."? "There were few companies only created in order to facilitate layering and laundering of funds obtained fraudulently from PNB and to camouflage the real intention & identity of beneficiaries of the funds siphoned off from PNB," the chargesheet further pointed out.?According to the officials, the 12,000-page ED charge sheet, or the prosecution complaint, was filed before a special Mumbai court under various sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002 ...
"UK authorities have confirmed Nirav Modi's presence in Britain," an official privy to the meeting said.
As part of larger efforts to curb the black money menace, the corporate affairs ministry has deregistered little over 2.26 lakh companies
Ravi Shankar Prasad said Chidambaram favoured seven private companies, including Fire Star Diamond of Nirav Modi and Gitanjali Gems of Mehul Choksi
He said the exposure of SBI to Gitanjali Gems - one of the companies involved in the scam - has also been crystallised and there was no issue on that
The Nostro account refers to an account that a bank holds in a foreign currency in another bank overseas to enable foreign trade by its clients
One cannot rule out disclosure of more such cases of fraud to relevant authorities in the coming months as banks have been asked by the finance ministry to proactively plug in the gaps earnestly
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