Jeweler Nirav Modi, who fled India in February once the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) launched an investigation into his affairs, has gotten into deeper trouble: according to Rough & Polished, on March 23, the Government of India has asked authorities in Hong Kong to arrest the jeweler.
Modi, along with other businessmen including his uncle Mehul Choksi, owner of Indian jewelry retail giant Gitanjali Gems, is suspected of colluding with two employees of the Punjab National Bank out of nearly $2 billion.
“The ministry has sought the provisional arrest of Nirav Deepak Modi by the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the People’s Republic of China,” junior foreign minister Vijay Kumar Singh told parliament, Rough & Polished reports. Additionally, the passports of Modi and Choksi have been revoked.
