Charging the Narendra Modi Government of ‘inaction’ against Nirav Modi despite evidences which are available even in the public domain, the Congress on Friday questioned as to what was stopping the NDA Government from taking action against the Fugitive diamantaire .
Addressing a press conference here, party’s national spokesperson Pawan Khera said,”Prime Minister Narendra Modi i.e ‘Desh Ka Chowkidar’ and his Government slept and snoozed while Chhota Modi i.e Nirav Modi looted crores, fled the country, posed with the PM, globe trotted the world, opened a new Diamond business in London which have a Panama Papers Connection.
Simple question is – If the Congress party can expose this entire chain of events trace this trail, why did the CBI, ED, SFIO and other investigative agencies of the Modi Government could not do it after 14 months of his escape? Is it not a clear cut case of criminal complacency, complicity and connivance by Modi Government with economic offenders like Nirav Modi?”
Quoting news reports, Khera said,”. Nirav Modi escaped India on January 1, 2018, and was travelling the world until November 2018. On February 16, 2018- Nirav Modi’s passport was suspended by the MEA . On February 23, 2018, After Nirav Modi fails to respond, passport is revoked. ·
Since the time his passport was revoked as claimed by the MEA, Nirav Modi has travelled to at least 6 countries which includes UK, UAE, Hong Kong, France and Germany. According to Interpol, India’s Most Wanted Economic Offender, Nirav Modi travelled on March 15, March 28, March 30 and March 31.How could Nirav Modi travel the world after his Indian passport was revoked? On June 28, 2018, Modi Government’s MEA gave a lameduck excuse that Nirav Modi’s passport was ‘revoked’ but not ‘physically cancelled’. The Red Corner Notice by Interpol against ₹26,306 Cr Scam accused economic fugitive, Nirav Modi was only issued on July 2, 2018 – Exactly 7 months after his ‘Great Escape’ ! Why did Modi Government’s CBI/ED/SFIO/Immigration agencies slept on the Interpol Notice? Is it not a criminal delay?”
Khera said that fresh evidences now expose that Nirav Modi opened a new company called ‘Diamond Holdings’ in the UK on May 24, 2018whose registered addres was the same as Nirav Modi’s Chartered Accountants, ‘Dattani Chartered Accountants’ whose name appears in the ‘Panama Papers’ Investigation of the International ·Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). In the offshore leaks database, Dattani Chartered Accountants is linked to 53 entities in the Panama Papers. ”The registered address of the company is 4th floor Scottish Provident House, 76/80 college road, Harrow HA1 1BQ. This is also the address of Modi’s accountants, Dattani Chartered Accountants.
”Dattani Chartered Accountants company is linked to Panama Papers,” the Congress leader said.
He said according to the title deeds, the apartment, where Nirav Modi is staying, was bought for £8 million in cash on January 5, 2018:
”The agent’s name in the certificate of incorporation of Diamond Holdings is Balmoral Corporate Services Limited, which also figures in the Panama Papers. This company used to be called Dattani Corporate Services,” Mr Khera said.
”If all these linkages, connection and nexuses could be traced by the Congress party based on information in public domain, then what prevents the Narendra Modi Govt to connect the dots and take action against India’s Most Wanted – Chhota Modi – Nirav Modi ?,”he said. (UNI)
