UK court rejects plea seeking partial reporting ban in fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi case

In UK, a judge, presiding over fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi's extradition case over the estimated USD 2-billion PNB fraud and money laundering charges brought by India, rejected an application seeking a partial reporting ban at the start of a five-day trial yesterday.

   

District Judge Samuel Goozee dismissed the application after hearing representations in what he called a “high profile



case in India”, including from members of the press present at Westminster Magistrates' Court.

   

Nirav Modi has made repeated attempts at bail over the past year, each of which were turned down as he is deemed a flight risk.

   

He was arrested on March 19th last year on an extradition warrant executed by Scotland Yard.