PTIFugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, fighting extradition to India on charges over the nearly USD 2 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud and money laundering case, was remanded in further custody until July 9 by a UK court on Thursday. The 49-year-old jeweller, who has been lodged at Wandsworth Prison in south-west London since his arrest in March last year, appeared via videolink for the remand hearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London. He was remanded in further custody until July 9 as part of the regular 28-day call-over hearing. Modi had been following the court proceedings from a room at Wandsworth Prison and could be seen taking notes during the course of the trial. The judge allowed the additional evidence to be introduced but agreed that Modi's defence team would require enough time to digest them.

Source: The Telegraph June 11, 2020 09:45 UTC