India seeks warrant for fugitive jeweller

India has requested an international arrest warrant for fugitive billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi, federal police said on Monday, hours after reports claimed he had sought asylum in Britain. The Central Bureau of Investigation, probing a multibillion-dollar scam allegedly involving Modi, said they had sent a request to Interpol to issue a so-called red corner notice seeking his detention. The Financial Times cited officials in India and Britain as saying he had sought asylum in Britain for what he called “political persecution”.