“The authorities were continuously engaged in discussion with various authorities in Hong Kong to bring back these valuables to India. and were kept in the godown of a logistics company in Hong Kong,” an official statement from the agency said. Earlier, ED had managed to bring 33 consignments of valuables worth Rs 137 crore belonging to Choksi in 2018 from Dubai and Hong Kong. A second officer lauded Hong Kong authorities for their cooperation in last two years in the Nirav Modi case. While Modi is currently lodged in a prison in the UK as his extradition is being pursued by Indian authorities, Choksi is in Antigua and Barbuda.

Source: Hindustan Times June 10, 2020 18:22 UTC