Delhi HC wants Nirav Modi to return back to India

New Delhi, April 12: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the company Firestar Diamond to ask fugitive jeweller Nirav Modi to return to the country.The Enforcement Directorate (ED) told a bench of Justices S. Muralidhar and I.S. Mehta that Modi is a "fugitive from justice."The court was hearing two pleas filed by fugitive jeweller Mehul Choksi s firm Gitanjali Gems and billionaire Nirav Modi s firm Firestar Diamond challenging the apparently illegal seizure of documents and articles by the probe agency in money laundering cases related to the multi-crore rupee Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam.The court directed the Firestar Diamonds s lawyer Vijay Aggarwal to ask Nirav Modi to return to the country. Aggarwal responded that he is handling the matter related to company and he did not know Modi s whereabouts.