Nirav Modi making farcical claims for bail, say officials

Fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, whose bail plea was rejected for the 10th time in the UK on Thursday, has been making "farcical" claims to seek bail such as renting an apartment in London or getting a job to show he won't flee Britain, but all these have been successfully contested by Indian agencies, officials familiar with the development said.

- Neeraj Chauhan

NEW DELHI:

To ensure that he does not get relief, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) have been sending their officers to London to assist the UK Crown Prosecution Service each time he approaches the courts for bail, officials added.

"Nirav Modi has been making ludicrous claims in his bail applications that he will rent an apartment in London, or has got a job, has his family in the UK and that he is ready to stay in the house arrest to say there is no way he will flee the country," an official said, declining to be named. "He has also made claims that he would be killed if sent to India or cited human rights violation, but all his assertions have been rejected with judges agreeing that he is a flight risk," the official added.