'Nirav Modi's sister, her husband turn approvers in PNB fraud case'

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday said that fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi's sister Purvi Modi, a Belgian national, and her husband Maiank Mehta have turned approvers in the Rs 13,500-crore PNB loan fraud case.

An ED official in Delhi said that both became approvers for assisting the agency in the confiscation of two flats in New York in the US, and one each in London and Mumbai, and the balance lying in two Swiss bank accounts and a bank account in Mumbai, totalling Rs 579 crore, in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case.

The ED said that confiscated properties of Nirav Modi include a flat worth Rs 19.5 crore on Breach Candy Bhulabhai Desai Road of Mumbai, a flat valued at Rs 36.52 crore in Central Park South, New York in the name of a Trust, another flat in Central Park South, Unit No 33, New York, in the name of a Trust valued at Rs 182.82 crore, an amount of Rs 168.08 crore in a Swiss Bank account of Purvi, a Swiss bank account in the name of Purvi with Rs 108.23 crore balance, a flat worth Rs 62.1 on Marylebone Road in London and Rs 1.96 crore in an Indian bank account in Mumbai in the name of Purvi.

The ED in a statement said that Purvi and her husband filed an application before the Special (PMLA) Court in Mumbai for allowing them to seek pardon and also undertook to make true and full disclosure of the circumstances and events without concealing any evidence and provide complete documents.

The ED had earlier filed a chargesheet against Purvi, Maiank Mehta and others in connection with the fraud case. (IANS)

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