London: Fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi has reportedly filed an appeal in the UK High Court seeking permission to challenge the decision against the extradition order made by the lower court.
Nirav Modi’s appeal is both against the Westminster magistrate court’s order on February 25 directing his extradition to India and April 15 approval by UK home secretary Priti Patel. Patel approved Modi’s extradition almost two months after a court found him guilty of fraud and money laundering in the Punjab National Bank scam case.
According to his legal team, the perfected grounds of appeal are being prepared and will be filed soon and there are initial grounds of appeal.
Nirav Modi’s original defence is that he won’t get a fair trial in India and he is being targeted due to political reasons. He has also cited the poor conditions of jails in India and said that the evidence against him is weak.
