ED seeks court order declaring Nirav Modi, Choksi as fugitives

MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday approached a special court here seeking its order to declare diamond merchants Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi -both accused in over Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) loan fraud case -- as fugitives because they fled from India a month before they were named in the multi-crore fraudulent case. The ED filed two separate applications requesting the designated court to issue notices to Nirav Modi and Choksi under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance 2018 to declare them fugitives, an ED said.