A British court Tuesday opened the appeal hearing in the extradition case of Nirav Modi—wanted in India on the charges of fraud and money laundering in the PNB loan scam case.
Nirav Modi had lodged an appeal last year against his extradition order on mental health grounds.
The court presided over an initial hearing at the High Court in December last year to determine the February 2021 ruling in favour of extradition by the Westminster Magistrates’ Court. Nirav Modi had in his appeal said that the extradition was incorrect as it overlooked the diamond merchant’s “high risk of suicide.”
Nirav Modi’s “high risk of suicide” and the “adequacy of any measures capable of preventing successful suicide attempts in Arthur Road prison” in Mumbai were the focal points of Modi’s legal team for appeal.
“He is at high risk…
