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Extradition To India: Nirav Modi Can Appeal On Mental Health Ground

London: Fugitive businessman Nirav Modi was on Monday granted permission to appeal against a magistrates’ court order of extradition to India to face charges of fraud and money-laundering before Indian courts on grounds of mental health and human rights.

Also Read: UK Govt Okays Nirav Modi’s Extradition To India

Delivering his verdict remotely under COVID-19 rules, High Court Justice Martin Chamberlain concluded that the arguments of the diamond merchant’s legal team concerning his “severe depression” and “high risk of suicide” were arguable at a substantial hearing.

Nirav, who is wanted in India in connection with the $2 billion PNB money-laundering and fraud case, is lodged at London’s Wandsworth Prison.

OB Bureau

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