ED Issues Letter Rogatory (LR) to six countries in Nirav Modi Scam

Hyderabad Feb 27 : In a Move to further crackdown on the Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi in Punjab National Bank Fraud case a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court on Monday has allowed the ED's plea seeking issuance of Letter Rogatory (LR) to competent authorities in six countries to aid the identification and seizure of Nirav Modi's properties abroad.

The LR Notices would be issued to countries such as Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China), USA, UAE, UK, Singapore and South Africa.

ED has said that these LRs would help them in recovery and seizure of proceeds of crime, collection of documents and evidence lying in these countries so as to enable them to complete the investigations.

Meanwhile, the searches and seizure are on and more properties have been attached.