ED attaches Thailand factory belonging to Mehul Choksi

Enforcement Directorate (ED) has said that it has attached a factory in Thailand worth 13 crore rupees belonging to the absconding diamond jeweller Mehul Choksi.

The agency said it has issued a provisional order for attachment, under the Prevention of Money Laudering Act. The ED will soon get judicial requests for legal formalisation of the attachment of



the foreign based asset.

Mehul Choksi, his nephew and diamond jeweller Nirav Modi are being probed cheating Punjab National Bank to the tune of 13,000 crore rupees.

Both Mehul Choksi and Nirav Modi are absconding since the case was registered by the ED and the CBI.