Nirav Modi’s Sister Turns Prosecution Witness In Financial institution Rip-off Case
Purvi Modi, Nirav Modi’s sister, is an accused within the case registered by way of the Enforcement Directorate.
A distinct court docket in Mumbai has allowed Purvi Modi, sister of fugitive diamond service provider Nirav Modi, to turn out to be an “approver” or a prosecution witness within the Punjab Nationwide Financial institution (PNB) rip-off case.
Particular pass judgement on for instances underneath the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA) V C Barde on Monday approved her plea for turning an approver. The order become to be had on Tuesday.
The “place of the accused (Purvi Modi) on this case after gentle of pardon is that she will be marked as approver”, the court docket stated.
Purvi Modi, a Belgian nationwide, is an accused within the case registered by way of the Enforcement Directorate.
“The accused staying in another country right now will be directed to provide herself ahead of the court docket, for which objective the prosecution shall take important steps,” the court docket order stated.
In her software for pardon, Purvi Modi stated that she was once now not a first-rate accused and has been attributed just a restricted function by way of the investigating company.
She has up to now totally co-operated with the ED by way of offering all considered necessary data and paperwork, she stated.
On account o fbeing Nirav Modi’s sister, she was once in a novel place to offer “considerable and necessary proof, data, evidence, and paperwork and get entry to to financial institution accounts, belongings, corporations and entities which can be related to Nirav Modi and his movements/dealings”, the plea stated.
As according to the investigating company, Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi, in connivance with positive financial institution officers, cheated PNB to the song of Rs 14,000 crore by way of acquiring Letters of Endeavor (LoUs) fradulently.
