New Delhi: The Interpol has issued a Red Corner Notice (RCN) against Nehal Modi, younger brother of Nirav Modi, the main accused in the USD two billion (over Rs 13,000 crore) Punjab National Bank scam case, officials said Friday.
They said the global arrest warrant against the Belgian national Nehal Modi, 40, has been issued on charges of alleged money laundering that is being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Nehal Deepak Modi was born in Antwerp, Belgium, March 3, 1979, and he knows languages such as English, Gujarati and Hindi, according to the RCN issued by the Interpol or international police.
In its RCN issued against a fugitive, the Interpol asks its 192 member countries to arrest or detain the person if spotted in their countries after which extradition or deportation proceedings can begin.
Nehal has been named in the charge sheet filed by the ED in this case and he has been charged with destruction of evidence and ‘knowingly and intentionally’ assisted Nirav Modi in his alleged illegal acts.
The ED alleged that after the PNB fraud came to light, Nehal Modi along with Nirav Modi’s close confidante and executive Mihir R Bhansali ‘took 50 kg gold and substantial cash from Dubai, and directed dummy directors not to reveal his name before authorities’.
Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi are alleged to be the main perpetrators of India’s biggest bank fraud case that came to the fore last year.
While Nirav is in jail in London and is contesting his extradition to India, Mehul Choksi is stated to be in Antigua. The Interpol has earlier issued RCNs against Nirav Modi, his sister Purvi Modi and Bhansali in the money laundering probe case. The CBI is also probing this bank fraud case.
PTI