<span style="color: #222222;">The Enforcement Directorate today said it has attached assets worth&nbsp; Rs. 637 crore of absconding jeweller Nirav Modi and his family in connection with the alleged fraud in the Punjab National Bank.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The agency said the properties, jewellery, flats and bank balances are in India, UK and New York among others.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The ED said the assets have been attached as part of five separate orders issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi are the main accused in the PNB fraud case.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">It is alleged that the two businessmen duped and defrauded the Brady House branch of the Punjab National Bank in Mumbai for an amount of about 13,000 crore rupees in purported connivance with bank officials.</span><br />
News On AIR | October 1, 2018 7:36 PM
ED attaches Nirav Modi's assets worth Rs. 637 crore