INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi are under probe by both CBI and ED.The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday said it has attached
assets in India and abroad worth Rs 218 crore belonging to fugitive diamond merchants Nirav Modi and his maternal uncle Mehul Choksi.The
said: "A villa at a foreign location worth Rs 27 crore belonging to Choksi has been attached."The assets attached by the ED include a
Hyderabad property worth Rs 120 crore belonging to A.P
Nirav Modi were also seized, the official added.The agency also attached a flat worth Rs 1.70 crore in Mumbai's Trump Tower
jurisdictions to enforce the provisional attachment orders.The financial probe agency has till date attached properties worth Rs 4,488 crore
in the PNB fraud case.Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi of Gitanjali Group are under probe by both the Central Bureau of Investigation
The ED had on May 24 and May 26 filed chargesheets against the two
Non-bailable warrants have also been issued against them.The Interpol had issued a Red Corner Notice (RCN) against Nirav Modi, his brother
Neeshal and sister Purvi, who are Belgian citizens, Bhansali and Aditya Nanvati (both close associates of Nirav Modi).However, a RCN request
against Choksi, who acquired Antiguan citizenship earlier this year, is pending with the Interpol.(This story has not been edited by
TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
