Nirav Modi was arrested in March last year. (File photo)
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- 'Nirav Modi told me that he will get me killed'
London:
A UK court hearing extradition case against diamond trader Nirav Modi, surrounded by allegations of fraud and money laundering, played a video in which the so-called "just-named directors" associated with Nirav's companies posed in front of the camera. It is alleged that he was threatened with being accused of stealing and even killing him. The CBI had submitted a video of "these directors named only" to the British court. During the hearing this week, six Indians can be heard in this video shown in Westminster Magistrate's Court in London.
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Each of them has accused him of forcing him to leave Dubai and go to Cairo, Egypt. According to him, his passports were confiscated there and Nirav's brother Nehal Modi allegedly signed the suspicious papers against his will. In the video recorded on June 2018, a person is saying, "My name is Ashish Kumar Mohanbhai Lad, I own Sunshine Gems Limited of Hong Kong and Unity Trading Faje of Dubai by name only."
He said, "Nirav Modi called me and told me that he will implicate me in the case of theft. He used lewd words… told me that he would get me killed. ”Other CBI witnesses include Rushabh Jethwa, Sonu Mehta, Sridhar Mayekar, Nilesh Kumar Balwantrai Mistry. Mehta Sharjah's 'Empire James FZE', Mehta is 'Director of Jewelery Company Limited' in Hong Kong, 'Unique Dimensions and Jewelery' in Mayekar Ajman and 'Just Named Director' of Hamilters Precious Traders Ltd. of Mistry Dubai.
In the video, he can be heard saying in Hindi and Gujarati that he is recording this because he is in danger of his safety and wants to go back to India but has been held against his will. Jethwa said, "We signed the document because if we don't do it, they don't return our passports."
These witnesses are related to the revelation of the Enforcement Directorate that in many companies based in Hong Kong and Dubai, only directors / owners / managers of the name have been appointed, but these companies have direct control over Nirav Modi. In India, 49-year-old Nirav Modi is accused of cheating Punjab National Bank with fraudulent assurance letters or bank guarantees and then laundering the money through intricate transactions of pseudo companies.
He is accused in the fraud and money laundering loan of two billion dollars from Punjab National Bank in India and has been declared a fugitive. Nirav Modi is fighting a case in London's Westminster magistrate court against his extradition to India. He is joining the court proceedings via video link from his room at Wandsworth Prison in south-west London. He has been kept in jail since his arrest in March last year. He has repeatedly tried for bail since last year but was rejected as he is in danger of leaving the country.
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