worldUpdated: Sep 11, 2020 21:42 ISTFugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi will not get a fair trial in India if extradited to face charges of major financial offences, former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju claimed on Friday while deposing as a defence witness in the Westminster Magistrates’ Court. Questioning law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad’s claim in a press conference in May that Modi was a “criminal”, Katju said: “The government of India has made up its mind that Nirav Modi is a criminal. Nirav Modi is the scapegoat, blamed for all ills,” the retired top court judge claimed. I am definite that he will not get a fair trial in India. Katju said that Malcolm’s accusation that he is motivated by personal vanity or vainglory is not fair.

Source: Hindustan Times September 11, 2020 13:29 UTC