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Nirav Modi’s extradition trial concludes, verdict expected on Feb 25

TIL Desk/Business/London/ A UK Judge on Friday stated that the ruling in fugitive diamond dealer Nirav Modi extradition case will be made on February 25. The extradition trial of Nirav Modi has concluded today at Westminster Magistrates’ court in London. District judge Samuel Goozee confirmed the timeline.

Nirav Modi, who is wanted in India for allegedly defrauding Punjab National Bank (PNB) of an estimated $2 billion, was re-remanded on December 1 by a judge at Westminster Magistrate Court in London.

Nirav Modi, 49, had appeared via videolink from Wandsworth Prison in south London where he has been held since his arrest in March 2019 for his regular four-weekly “call-over hearing” with Chief Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot.

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