Non-bailable warrants against Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi
Non-bailable warrants (NBWs) against diamond traders Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi have been issued by a special court on Saturday in the alleged Rs 12,700 crore Punjab National Bank scam.
The court issued the NBWs on applications filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
The ED had earlier issued summonses to Modi and Choksi, both key accused in the scam cases, asking them to appear before the central agency.
The two diamond traders had left the country before criminal cases were registered against them. They had failed to appear before the ED, promoting the agency to move the PMLA court for issuance of NBWs against them.
On February 27, the ED had moved the court seeking an NBW against Modi.
Despite three summons issued, Modi didn't appear before the courtm the agency told the court.
"We issued three summons to Choksi. He neither responded to those summonses nor appeared before the agency," special ED prosecutor Hiten Venegaonkar had told the special court presided over by Judge MS Azmi here on March 1. -PTC News
